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Michael Antonio Bullock v. North Carolina
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of North Carolina, No. COA15-731-2 · judgment February 20, 2018
Certiorari denied · February 25, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Under Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 1609 (2015), a police officer may not prolong a traffic stop beyond the time required to complete the mission of the stop to engage in unrelated investigations. Do any activities unrelated to the mission of the stop inherently prolong it, and what activities fall within the mission of a stop?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Sarah M. Shalf
Emory University School of Law
For respondent
Derrick Charles Mertz
North Carolina Department of Justice
Proceedings
- Feb 25 2019Petition DENIED.
- Feb 06 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
- Jan 31 2019Waiver of right of respondent North Carolina to respond filed.
- Jan 11 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 15, 2019)
- Nov 05 2018Application (18A477) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 11, 2019.
- Nov 01 2018Application (18A477) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 12, 2018 to January 11, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.