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Janhoi Cole v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 20-2105 · judgment December 17, 2021

Certiorari denied · March 28, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

Whether the extension of a traffic stop for an officer to ask detailed questions about the driver’s travel plans violates the Fourth Amendment rule in Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. 348 (2015), that during a traffic stop, officer conduct must be related to the mission of the stop and not an investigation of unrelated crimes.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael R. Dreeben
O’Melveny & Myers LLP

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 28 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 09 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
  3. Mar 01 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Feb 18 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2022)
    PetitionCertificate of Word CountProof of Service