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Gamada A. Hussein v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 17-2513 · judgment March 21, 2018


Certiorari denied · January 7, 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.

Question presented

Whether implanting chips in Petitioner's body and monitoring the Petitioner and Petitioner's family life activities for a decade without warrant and due process of law constitute false imprisonment and violates the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Whether warrantless monitoring of Petitioner's emails, computers, cell phones, and TV for a decade violates the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Whether Defendants' persecutions of the Petitioner based on the petitioner's faith, color of skin, political opinions, and country of origin permissible under color of Sovereign Immunity. Whether testing the DNA of the Petitioner and Petitioner's family for the sake of research and profiling violates the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gamada A. Hussein

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 12 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
  3. Nov 23 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jul 28 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 14, 2018)