law-enforcement-conduct

19 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-396 Bowe Marvin v. David Holcomb, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-10-16 Denied 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment in-home-arrest law-enforcement-conduct probable-cause warrantless-arrest Whether there is a felony-exception to requiring probable-cause for in-home-arrests without-a-warrant
22-6601 Rick Benavides v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process entrapment evidence-admissibility government-inducement law-enforcement-conduct predisposition social-media Whether predisposition to defeat an entrapment defense may be proved by the government using statements found on Petitioner's phone that were created …
22-6039 Jonathan Francis Kimbrell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-solicitation due-process entrapment entrapment-defense federal-criminal-law internet-crimes law-enforcement-conduct predisposition sexual-offense sexual-offenses undercover-operations Was Kimbrell entitled to an entrapment instruction?
22-386 Andy A. Weimer v. Washington Washington 2022-10-25 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment admiralty-law amendment-eight amendment-seven civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-supremacy due-process jury-trial law-enforcement-conduct Whether state and county governments can violate constitutional rights by invoking admiralty/maritime law and denying a jury trial under the 7th Amend…
22-5809 Sirron Moralez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights container fourth-amendment law-enforcement-conduct probable-cause search-and-seizure seizure totality-of-the-circumstances traffic-stop vehicle-search Does an empty container with 'THC' on the cover justify an extended detention in a traffic stop and support the seizure of the driver and search of th…
22-5355 Carlocito Slim, aka Carlocito Ponce Slim v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent criminal-intent criminal-law due-process entrapment law-enforcement-conduct mens-rea sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation victim-age Whether a defendant can be convicted under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422 (b) or 1591 (a)(1) on the basis of inconsistent ages of a single non-existent victim give…
21-8197 Michael James Bosman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternatives criminal-procedure fourth-amendment law-enforcement-conduct police-conduct precedent probable-cause reasonableness reasonableness-standard search-and-seizure seizure Did the Tenth Circuit misapply this Court's precedent, and wrongly reject Mr. Bosman's Fourth-Amendment-claim, when it dismissed the availability of a…
21-7964 Estevan Saucedo v. California California 2022-05-24 Denied IFP coerced-confession confession-admissibility constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule law-enforcement-conduct miranda-rights police-misconduct police-tactics Was Appellant's Confession Admissible Since He Was Coerced by Illegal Police Tactics?
21-901 Casondra Pollreis, on Behalf of Herself and Her Minor Children, W. Y. and S. Y. v. Lamont Marzolf Eighth Circuit 2021-12-17 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived children's-rights civil-rights constitutional-protections fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-expansion law-enforcement-conduct probable-cause search-and-seizure terry-v-ohio Does the Fourth Amendment permit the search and seizure without probable cause of two compliant children, handcuffed and at gunpoint, even after the c…
21-6449 Pizarro Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-conduct criminal-procedure fourth-amendment law-enforcement-conduct police-policy reasonable-suspicion terry-stop terry-v-ohio warrantless-seizure Was there reasonable suspicion for Terry stop?
21-5487 Norman Michael Achin v. Virginia Virginia 2021-08-26 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 6th-amendment due-process electronic-surveillance fourth-amendment impersonation law-enforcement-conduct privacy privacy-rights warrant-requirement Does intercepting private electronic messages and cell phone communications without a warrant by impersonating another adult or by impersonating an im…
20-7770 In Re Sakima Iban Salih El Bey 2021-04-15 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act article-4-section-2 civil-rights constitutional-exemption due-process jurisdictional-authority law-enforcement-conduct privileges-and-immunities state-law-interpretation state-trust Does the Constitution of Arkansas make provision to deny a person that is exempt from a 'driver's license' in Arkansas who is in compliance with state…
20-1324 Charles McManemy v. Bruce Tierney, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-03-23 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process eighth-circuit excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement-conduct qualified-immunity standing Is the test for clearly established law being properly applied within the Eighth Circuit?
20-6675 Augustine L. Cavitte v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility law-enforcement-conduct miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense self-incrimination voluntariness Did the lower courts err in finding Ms. Cavitte's statements admissible contrary to present Miranda standards?
19-1468 Brian Anthony Wiley v. Tennessee Tennessee 2020-07-07 Denied Response Waived campsite-privacy civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement-conduct privacy private-property probable-cause search-and-seizure vehicle-search warrantless-search Whether the Fourth Amendment permits warrantless entry and search of a rented campsite
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?
19-188 Ikechukwu Hyginus Okorie v. Virginia M. Crawford, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied administrative-search arrest arrest-without-probable-cause detention detention-standards fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation law-enforcement-conduct probable-cause qualified-immunity search-warrant standard-of-review tolan-v-cotton Whether the allegations establish a Fourth Amendment violation and qualified immunity defense
18-6169 Tracy L. Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c)-statute conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy drug-conspiracy drug-crimes due-process firearm-possession informant-testimony law-enforcement-conduct mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether a defendant should be subject to a mandatory 25 year consecutive 924(c) sentence for the same drug Conspiracy
18-5279 Jonathan Hayhoe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception law-enforcement-conduct magistrate-powers qualified-immunity search-and-seizure suppression suppression-of-evidence void-ab-initio warrant-validity Whether conduct by law enforcement in securing a void in initio warrant was grossly negligent, thereby precluding application of good-faith exception