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Edwin A. Vega v. Ohio

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Ohio, No. 2017-0618 · judgment October 3, 2018


Certiorari denied · June 17, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. In its decision in the above captioned matter did the Ohio Supreme Court reverse this honorable Court’s decision in Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 1609 (2015) by permitting the unlawful and lengthy detention of appellant herein absent a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity prior to unlawfully searching sealed U.S.P.S. packages located in the passenger compartment of his lawfully stopped vehicle in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights?

  2. In its decision in the above captioned matter did the Ohio Supreme Court reverse this honorable court’s long-standing decision in United States v. Ross, 456 U.S. 798 (1982) by holding that probable cause did exist to open sealed U.S.P.S. packages located in the passenger compartment of appellant’s lawfully stopped vehicle in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Justin Michael Weatherly
Henderson, Mokhtari & Weatherly, Co., LPA

For respondent
Daniel Tuyen Van
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A685

Proceedings

  1. Jun 17 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 28 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
  3. May 08 2019
    Brief of respondent The State of Ohio in opposition filed.
  4. Apr 04 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 8, 2019.
  5. Apr 01 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 8, 2019 to May 8, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  6. Mar 04 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2019)
  7. Jan 02 2019
    Application (18A685) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until March 4, 2019.
  8. Dec 18 2018
    Application (18A685) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 1, 2019 to March 2, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.