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Colton W. Sievers v. Nebraska

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Nebraska, No. S-17-518 · judgment May 18, 2018

Certiorari denied · June 24, 2019

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

Whether Illinois v. Lidster, 540 U.S. 419 (2004), allows the police to stop a criminal suspect in the absence of reasonable suspicion on the ground that the stop is merely “information-seeking.”

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Orin S. Kerr

For respondent
Austin Nicholas Relph
Nebraska Attorney General's Office

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Order
Order list, June 24, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Jun 24 2019
Petition DENIED.
Jun 04 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
Jun 03 2019
Reply of petitioner Colton Sievers filed.
May 30 2019
Letter from counsel for petitioner waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
May 24 2019
Brief of respondent Nebraska in opposition filed.
May 22 2019
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including May 29, 2019.
May 20 2019
Brief amici curiae of Policing Project at New York University School of Law, et al. filed.
May 17 2019
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 20, 2019 to June 3, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Apr 18 2019
Response Requested. (Due May 20, 2019)
Apr 10 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
Apr 02 2019
Waiver of right of respondent Nebraska to respond filed.
Apr 01 2019
Waiver of Nebraska of right to respond not accepted for filing. (April 02, 2019) (Corrected efiling submitted).
Mar 07 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2019)