arrest-procedure

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6987 Cornelius Mayberry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest-procedure fourth-amendment informant-testimony probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-search Does a warrantless search and seizure of a closed container violate the Fourth Amendment absent clear evidence of intent to abandon, and does a warran…
23-5247 In Re David Jackson 2023-07-31 Dismissed IFP and post-conviction proceedings trial 14th-amendment 4th-amendment arrest-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fifth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel post-conviction-relief probable-cause retaliation search-and-seizure self-incrimination trial-procedure Whether the warrantless search and seizure of February 14, 1991 violated the 4th and 14th Amendment rights
22-6583 Keith Melillo v. City and County of Rice, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied IFP arrest-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process equal-protection false-arrest law-enforcement standing Whether the petitioner was denied the right to be free from false arrest and the courts discriminated against the petitioner as a disabled person
21-1204 City of Chico, California, et al. v. Estate of Tyler S. Rushing, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-03 Denied arrest-procedure civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct qualified-immunity use-of-force Does the Fourth Amendment prevent law enforcement officers from deploying a Taser to safely arrest a suspect who violently attacked the officers but w…
19-7037 Shannon Bradley v. Thomas A. Cox, Jr. Georgia 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment arrest-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule jurisdiction probable-cause search-and-seizure trial-court-jurisdiction unlawful-search unlawful-seizure Whether the trial court lawfully obtained its jurisdiction to be heard?
19-6585 Gelu Topa v. Almonte Kerbs, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied IFP arrest arrest-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process law-enforcement-conduct miranda-rights police-misconduct probable-cause public-defender subpoena video-evidence Why was there no video of the arrest/incident?
19-289 County of San Diego, California, et al. v. James Soler Ninth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arrest arrest-procedure civil-rights due-process extradition-warrant fourteenth-amendment jail-staff mistaken-identity procedural-due-process qualified-immunity When a prisoner is held under authority of a facially valid warrant, do individual jail staff members have a duty under the Fourteenth Amendment to in…
19-5181 Lamar Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-16 GVR IFP arrest-procedure circuit-split custodial-arrest felon-in-possession fourth-amendment probable-cause rehaif-v-united-states search-incident-exception search-incident-to-arrest warrantless-search Whether a warrantless search may be upheld under the search-incident-to-arrest exception when the search precedes the arrest
18-684 Patti Stevens-Rucker, Administrator of the Estate of Jason White, Deceased v. John Frenz, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 8th-amendment arrest-procedure circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-obligations due-process eighth-amendment police-duty-of-care police-use-of-force qualified-immunity tenth-amendment Are there circumstances in which police officers are constitutionally obligated to help a person injured during arrest, as the Eighth and Tenth Circui…
18-5627 Carl Anthony Webb v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied IFP 4th-amendment arrest-procedure civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-violation due-process false-arrest false-evidence false-report false-testimony fourth-amendment law-enforcement video-evidence Whether the trial court's finding of fact and conclusion of law were an abuse of discretion
18-5584 Lawrence L. Thompson v. Pete Copeland, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment 8th-amendment arrest-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force failure-to-supervise fourth-amendment qualified-immunity search-and-seizure Whether Deputy Copeland's arrest of Mr. Thompson was unconstitutional and warranted the denial of qualified immunity
18-5249 Kristian Thomas v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP active-warrant arrest-procedure due-process failure-to-appear fourth-amendment law-enforcement misdemeanor-arrest misdemeanor-arrest-warrant misdemeanor-warrant probable-cause reasonable-caution warrant-confirmation Does the Fourth Amendment require prudence or reasonable caution so that before exercising a misdemeanor arrest warrant for failure to appear, a week-…