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George Vortman v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-10038 · judgment January 21, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 5, 2020
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

Does the Leon good faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply when the police search and seize property pursuant to a warrant that is void ab initio because the magistrate judge who issued the warrant had no jurisdiction or authority to do so? LIST OF ALL PARTIES. Petitioner. GEORGE VORTMAN. Respondent. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. INTERESTED PARTIES. There are no parties to the proceeding other than those named in the caption of the case.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paul Gilruth McCarthy
Law Offices of Beles & Beles

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 08 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  3. Jun 30 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jun 18 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 27, 2020)