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Dmitri I. Medvedev v. Henrico County

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 171361 · judgment March 14, 2018


Certiorari denied · December 10, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), a police officer can briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in criminal activity. In the present case, a uniformed police officer received a dispatch report that a red Mazda SUV was driving erratically. The officer located a vehicle that matched the description parked in a public parking lot. Petitioner was observed sitting on a bench nearby. The officer requested that Petitioner accompany him to his patrol car and requested Petitioner's driver's license. The officer retained the license and extended Petitioner's detention until another officer arrived on scene. While waiting, the officer smelled alcohol. Ultimately, Petitioner was arrested for DUI. QUESTION: When the officer took and retained Petitioner's license, did it constitute a seizure for Fourth Amendment purposes where reasonable suspicion did not exist that Petitioner had been driving while intoxicated?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dmitri I. Medvedev

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 10 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 20 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.
  3. Aug 09 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2018)