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Stephanie Jones v. Jeremy Eder, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-20223 · judgment October 2, 2019

Certiorari denied · May 18, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, counsel who has filed here before, and a petition citing one or two dissents.

Question presented

Does the Fourth Amendment, the Supremacy Clause, or the Interstate Commerce Clause prohibit state actors from warrantlessly seizing the People and their lawfully prescribed and possessed prescription medications inside their own homes based on “possession alone”?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
William Pieratt Demond
Demond Law, PLLC

For respondent
William S. Helfand
Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith

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, May 18, 2020 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. May 18 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 29 2020
    Reply of petitioner Stephanie Jones filed. (Distributed)
  3. Apr 28 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
  4. Apr 09 2020
    Brief of respondents Fort Bend County, Josh Dale, and Bryan Baker in opposition filed.
  5. Mar 13 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Jeremy Eder and Raymond Ng to respond filed.
  6. Mar 06 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2020)