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Sally Gaetjens v. City of Loves Park, Illinois, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 20-1295 · judgment July 13, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
This case squarely presents two important federal questions regarding the scope of the exigent circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. THE QUESTIONS PRESENTED ARE:
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Whether the exigent circumstances doctrine extends to situations where there is time to obtain a warrant or other judicial process?
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Whether, under this Court’s emergency aid precedents, there can there be an objectively reasonable basis for a warrantless home entry where there is no specific evidence of serious injury or threat of such injury and where the only evidence regarding the individual’s location points elsewhere?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Andrew Donaldson Finke
Blaine & Vanzant, LLP
For respondent
Jennifer L. Turiello
Peterson Johnson & Murray Chicago, LLC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Apr 18 2022Petition DENIED.
- Mar 29 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
- Mar 23 2022Waiver of right of respondents Winnebago County, Illinois; Jennifer Stacy; Dave Kaske; and Joshua Del Rio to respond filed.
- Mar 16 2022Waiver of right of respondents City of Loves Park, Doug Allton & Phillip Foley to respond filed.
- Nov 12 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 1, 2022)