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Stephen Ollar, et al. v. District of Columbia, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 22-7131 · judgment February 9, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
The questions presented are: Whether the Fourth Amendment assures parents that, in the absence of parental consent or judicial authorization, painful and medically unnecessary procedures of their child will not be undertaken for investigative purposes at the behest of state officials. Whether the Fourth Amendment assures parents that their children will not be seized by state officials from a location where the family has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without exigent circumstances or judicial authorization. Whether the Fifth Amendment prohibits state officials from using fabricated evidence and perjury and prohibits the destruction of evidence in a proceeding where governmental action infringes on the sanctity of a family.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Stephen P. Ollar
For respondent
Melissa Aniela Murphy-Petros
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman and Dicker
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2024Petition DENIED. Justice Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. See 28 U. S. C. §455 and Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Canon 3B(2)(e) (prior judicial service).
- Jun 18 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- Jun 11 2024Waiver of right of respondents District of Columbia; Chanelle Reddrick; Brooke Beander; Lynsey Nix to respond filed.
- Jun 03 2024Waiver of right of respondent Norrell Atkinson M.D. to respond filed.
- May 28 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 1, 2024)