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Jerry Lynn Burns v. Iowa
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Iowa, No. 20-1150 · judgment March 31, 2023
Certiorari denied · October 10, 2023
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
Does the State’s warrantless search of a person’s unavoidably shed DNA violate the Fourth Amendment where the individual has never been arrested or con victed of any crime and there is no probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a criminal offense?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kathleen T. Zellner
Kathleen T. Zellner & Associates
For respondent
Darrel Mullins
Iowas Dept. of Justice
Proceedings
- Oct 10 2023Petition DENIED.
- Sep 13 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
- Sep 12 2023Waiver of right of respondent Iowa to respond filed.
- Aug 28 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 6, 2023)
- Jun 14 2023Application (22A1079) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until August 28, 2023.
- Jun 12 2023Application (22A1079) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 29, 2023 to August 28, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.