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Josephine Smith, et al. v. City of Santa Clara, California

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 14-15103 · judgment November 30, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 16, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

May the police conduct a warrantless search of a residence believed to be shared by a probationer and a non-probationer, pursuant to a prior consent deemed given as a condition of probation, over the objection of the physically present non-probationer, contrary to the rule in Georgia v. Randolph, 547 U.S. 103 (2006)? (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James McManis
McManis Faulkner

For respondent
Sujata T. Reuter

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, April 16, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Apr 16 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 28 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/13/2018.
  3. Mar 07 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent CITY OF SANTA CLARA to respond filed.
  4. Feb 28 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2018)