investigative-stop
13 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-248 | District of Columbia v. R.W. | District of Columbia | 2025-09-03 | Pending | Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) | fourth-amendment investigative-stop judicial-review law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion totality-of-circumstances | 1. Whether a court assessing the existence of reasonable suspicion under the Fourth Amendment may exclude a fact known to the officer, or instead must… |
| 25A63 | District of Columbia v. R.W. | District of Columbia | 2025-07-16 | Presumed Complete | fourth-amendment investigative-stop probable-cause reasonable-suspicion terry-stop totality-of-circumstances | Whether a reviewing court may consider all known facts, including a radio dispatch, when assessing the totality of circumstances for reasonable suspic… | |
| 24-7288 | Quaid Akeem Cornell v. Roberto A. Arias, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2025-05-27 | Denied | IFP | fourth-amendment group-detention ineffective-assistance investigative-stop reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure | May police officers detain and search all members of a group on grounds that the behavior of one person was suspicious, and is trial counsel constitut… |
| 24-152 | Michael Pina v. Estate of Jacob Dominguez | Ninth Circuit | 2024-08-15 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) | armed-robbery excessive-force fourth-amendment investigative-stop police-use-of-force qualified-immunity | Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in finding a Fourth Amendment violation when police fatally shot a suspect who failed to comply with commands during a… |
| 23-499 | Jesus Leonardo Esquivel-Carrizales v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-11-13 | Denied | Response Waived | 4th-amendment companion-suspicion criminal-activity drug-crime fourth-amendment investigative-stop law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion traffic-stop | Whether an investigative stop under the Fourth Amendment is reasonable based solely on an individual's interaction with a suspected criminal companion |
| 21-7375 | Rodolfo Rodriguez, Jr. v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-03-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment appellate-review consensual-encounter consent criminal-procedure investigative-detention investigative-stop law-enforcement-interaction search-and-seizure standard-of-review voluntary-consent | What is the appropriate standard to be applied in determining whether an encounter with police was consensual or an investigative stop? |
| 21-5835 | Guillermo Gonzalez-Zea v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-09-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights identity immigration investigative-stop reasonable-suspicion terry-v-ohio | Whether the Eleventh Circuit's reasonable suspicion determination can be reconciled with Terry v. Ohio |
| 20-7329 | Justin L. Knight v. Nebraska | Nebraska | 2021-03-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-conviction criminal-procedure evidence-suppression fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment investigative-stop reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop | Whether the police had reasonable suspicion for an investigative stop |
| 20-5405 | Jaroderick Hardy v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-08-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure fourth-amendment high-crime-area investigative-stop law-enforcement probable-cause proximity reasonable-suspicion terry-stop | Whether the Eleventh Circuit's reasonable-suspicion determination can be reconciled with Terry-v-Ohio |
| 19-5139 | Alauna Gaye Morris v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-07-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment civil-rights fourth-amendment impound inventory-search investigative-stop law-enforcement policy pretext search-and-seizure unreasonable-search vehicle-impoundment | Whether the Government meets its burden of proving the existence of a clear written policy for searching impounded vehicles |
| 18-9722 | Jonathan Edward Meier v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-06-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights fourth-amendment investigative-stop law-enforcement law-enforcement-detention pat-down probable-cause prolonged-detention reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure unreasonable-search weapons-search | Whether law enforcement violates the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure when it holds an individual for a prolonged period… |
| 18-8631 | Bekim Fiseku v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-03-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment handcuffing investigative-stop police-procedure probable-cause terry-stop terry-v-ohio unusual-circumstances | Whether the Second Circuit disregarded its prior decisions and created precedent that undermines the rule that officers may not handcuff a suspect dur… |
| 18-556 | Kansas v. Charles Glover | Kansas | 2018-10-29 | Judgment Issued | Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | 4th-amendment fourth-amendment habitual-violator investigative-stop law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion registered-owner traffic-law traffic-laws vehicle-registration vehicle-stop | Whether an officer may reasonably suspect the registered owner of a vehicle is driving the vehicle absent information to the contrary |