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Winterville Police Department, et al. v. Dijon Sharpe
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 21-1827 · judgment February 7, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Should the constitutionality of a law enforcement officer’s restriction of livestreaming by an occupant of a seized vehicle during a lawfully initiated traffic stop be analyzed under a Fourth Amendment framework as opposed to a First Amendment framework? If the First Amendment analysis controls, is a policy which prohibits livestreaming by an occupant of a lawfully seized vehicle a reasonable time, place, and manner restriction?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Dan McCord Hartzog Jr.
Hartzog Law Group LLP
For respondent
Andrew Timothy Tutt
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
Proceedings
- Dec 11 2023Petition DENIED.
- Dec 01 2023Rescheduled.
- Dec 01 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
- Nov 08 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
- Oct 19 2023Brief amicus curiae of The National Fraternal Order of Police filed.
- Oct 19 2023Brief of respondent Dijon Sharpe in support filed.
- Sep 18 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 20, 2023)
- Jul 14 2023Application (23A31) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 18, 2023.
- Jun 28 2023Application (23A31) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 20, 2023 to September 18, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.