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Sherard Martin v. Davis Marinez, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 17-2667 · judgment August 12, 2019

Certiorari denied · February 24, 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

Whether a plaintiff whose fourth amendment rights have been violated may be automatically denied damages for subsequent incarceration, attorneys fees, or economic loss, merely because the police discover contraband as the result of the illegal stop?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stephen Louis Richards
Law Office of Stephen L. Richards

For respondent
Benna Ruth Solomon
Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 24 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 15 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
  3. Dec 24 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Davis Marinez, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Dec 11 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 15, 2020)