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Otha Ray Flowers v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-60056 · judgment July 30, 2021
Before the decision, about 4.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a Fifth Circuit decision below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.
Question presented
In Terry v. Ohio, this Court held that officers may, consistent with the Fourth Amendment, briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion of involvement in criminal activity. 392 U.S. 1, 30 (1968). This Court subsequently clarified in Illinois v. Wardlow that a suspect’s mere presence in a high-crime area, without more, is an insufficient basis for reasonable suspicion. 528 U.S. 119, 124 (2000). The question presented is: Whether conduct that is consistent with either lawful or unlawful behavior, and in which law-abiding members of the general public routinely engage, can establish reasonable suspicion justifying a Terry stop merely because it occurs in a high-crime area. (I)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeremy Charles Marwell
Vinson & Elkins LLP
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- May 16 2022Petition DENIED.
- Apr 20 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
- Apr 18 2022Reply of petitioner Otha Ray Flowers filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 01 2022Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Feb 18 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 1, 2022.
- Feb 17 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2022 to April 1, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 21 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 4, 2022.
- Jan 20 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 4, 2022 to March 4, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 29 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 4, 2022.
- Dec 28 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 5, 2022 to February 4, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 30 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 5, 2022)
- Oct 18 2021Application (21A82) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 30, 2021.
- Oct 13 2021Application (21A82) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 28, 2021 to November 30, 2021, submitted to Justice Alito.