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Casondra Pollreis, on Behalf of Herself and Her Minor Children, W. Y. and S. Y. v. Lamont Marzolf
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 20-1745 · judgment August 16, 2021
Certiorari denied · January 24, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 5%–12%)
Before the decision, about 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eighth Circuit decision below, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).
Question presented
Does the Fourth Amendment permit the search and seizure without probable cause of two compliant children, handcuffed and at gunpoint, even after the children have identified themselves to the seizing officer and been independently identified by their parents?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert James McNamara
Institute for Justice
For respondent
Sara Lynn Teague
Arkansas Municipal League
Proceedings
- Jan 24 2022Petition DENIED.
- Jan 18 2022Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Cato Institute. (Distributed)
- Jan 18 2022Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Laurent Sacharoff. (Distributed)
- Jan 11 2022Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by DKT Liberty Project. (Distributed)
- Jan 05 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
- Jan 04 2022Waiver of right of respondents Lamont Marzolf to respond filed.
- Dec 14 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 18, 2022)
- Oct 06 2021Application (21A59) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until December 14, 2021.
- Oct 04 2021Application (21A59) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 14, 2021 to December 14, 2021, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.