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Randy Johnson v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 15-1366 · judgment October 27, 2017
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Twenty-two years ago, the Court held in Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996), that police with probable cause to suspect a moving violation may stop and seize a motorist, even if the seizure is a pretext to search for evidence of other possible crimes. In this case, the en banc court of appeals held, over the dissent of three judges, that a mere parking infraction justifies a pretextual search. The question presented is: Whether the Fourth Amendment forbids a pretextual seizure of a motorist based solely on probable cause to suspect a civil parking infraction.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David Michael Shapiro
Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Proceedings
- Oct 01 2018Petition DENIED.
- Jul 11 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
- Jul 10 2018Reply of petitioner Randy Johnson filed.
- Jun 25 2018Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- May 11 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 25, 2018.
- May 09 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 25, 2018 to June 25, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
- Apr 25 2018Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
- Apr 23 2018Brief amicus curiae of Howard Uninversity School of Law Civil and Human Rights Clinic filed.
- Apr 23 2018Brief amici curiae of Fourth Amendment Scholars filed.
- Apr 20 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 25, 2018.
- Apr 19 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 25, 2018 to May 25, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 23 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 25, 2018)
- Jan 05 2018Application (17A716) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 26, 2018.
- Jan 03 2018Application (17A716) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 25, 2018 to March 26, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan.