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Ronald Calzone v. Eric Olson, Superintendent, Missouri State Highway Patrol

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 18-1674 · judgment July 26, 2019

Certiorari denied · January 27, 2020

Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 4%–11%)

Before the decision, about 1.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eighth Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Questions presented

Does the “closely regulated industry” exception to the Fourth Amendment apply to persons who have not chosen to involve themselves in any business connected with a closely regulated industry?
Does the Fourth Amendment allow executive or administrative officers in the field to exercise unlimited discretion as to whom the officers will subject to a warrantless search or seizure?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David Edward Roland
Freedom Center of Missouri

For respondent
Peter Thomas Reed
Missouri Attorney General's Office

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Order
Order list, January 27, 2020 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Jan 27 2020
Petition DENIED.
Jan 08 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
Jan 07 2020
Reply of petitioner Ronald Calzone filed.
Dec 18 2019
Brief of respondent Eric T. Olson in opposition filed.
Nov 18 2019
Response Requested. (Due December 18, 2019)
Nov 13 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
Nov 06 2019
Waiver of right of respondent Eric T. Olson to respond filed.
Oct 24 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 27, 2019)