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Dequantey Maurice Williams v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 20-4344 · judgment January 14, 2022

Certiorari denied · June 27, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the United States District Court For The Middle District Of North Carolina Erred in Denying Mr. Williams’s Motion to Supress evidence related to the State’s stop and search of his vehicle? Whether law enforcement’s search of Mr. Williams’s vehicle violated his Fourth Amendment rights? Whether the plain view doctrine properly justified law enforcement’s search of Mr. Williams vehicle?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.
Brownstone, P.A.

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 27 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 07 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
  3. May 27 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. May 19 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 24, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service