law-enforcement-interaction

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6535 James Eric Larremore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending IFP fourth-amendment law-enforcement-interaction probable-cause reasonable-person-standard seizure traffic-stop Whether the deputy's instruction to 'hang on a sec' constituted a seizure under the Fourth Amendment for purposes of determining the legality of a sub…
23-7694 Juan Antonio Hernandez Alvarado, aka Tony Hernandez v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege attorney-communication due-process impartial-jury jury-impartiality law-enforcement-interaction no-contact-rule right-to-counsel waiver Whether New York's 'no-contact' rule was violated
23-5893 Tigran Zmrukhtyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure firearm-possession law-enforcement law-enforcement-interaction physical-struggle reckless-conduct risk-enhancement sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines Does mere possession of a firearm, even during a brief physical struggle with law enforcement, support a § 3C1.2 enhancement?
23-276 Dijon Sharpe v. Winterville Police Department, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-09-21 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech law-enforcement-interaction police-accountability police-filming public-recording qualified-immunity Whether filming police officers in public is First Amendment protected activity
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?
18-7256 Amin De Castro v. United States Third Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement-interaction police-encounter police-seizure probable-cause reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard seizure terry-stop whether a reasonable person would feel free to refuse a police officer's polite request to take his hands out of his pockets
18-6122 Sheri Lee Pualani Kapahu v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP boarding-a-plane consensual-encounter detention drug-possession federal-agent fourth-amendment law-enforcement-interaction reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard search-and-seizure Whether a reasonable person would feel free to ignore a federal agent's direct accusation of drug possession and go about her business of boarding a p…