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Nancy Catherine Powers v. Alabama
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Alabama, No. 1200764 · judgment January 21, 2022
Certiorari denied · October 3, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
- Whether the search of a purse in the possession of a visitor present at a residence during the execution of a premises warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Matthew Theodore Martens
WilmerHale
For respondent
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.
Office of the Attorney General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Linked docket
21A593
Proceedings
- Oct 03 2022Petition DENIED.
- Aug 31 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
- Aug 29 2022Reply of petitioner Nancy Catherine Powers filed. (Distributed)
- Aug 12 2022Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.
- Jun 24 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 12, 2022.
- Jun 23 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 13, 2022 to August 12, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 13 2022Response Requested. (Due July 13, 2022)
- Jun 07 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
- Jun 03 2022Waiver of right of respondent Alabama to respond filed.
- May 23 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 24, 2022)
- Apr 12 2022Application (21A593) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until May 23, 2022.
- Apr 07 2022Application (21A593) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 21, 2022 to May 23, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.