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Fairfield County, Ohio, et al. v. Neil A. Morgan, II, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 17-4027 · judgment September 6, 2018

Certiorari denied · March 25, 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 the Fourth Amendment prohibits law enforcement officers from securing the perimeter of a residence, for officer safety, when conducting a lawful “knock and talk” operation.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Daniel Thomas Downey
Fishel Downey Albrecht & Riepenhoff LLP

For respondent
Louis Abraham Jacobs
Marshall and Forman LLC

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, March 25, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Mar 25 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
  3. Mar 06 2019
    Reply of petitioners Fairfield County, Ohio, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Feb 14 2019
    Brief of respondents Neil Morgan II and Anita Graf in opposition filed.
  5. Jan 15 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 19, 2019)