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Titus Thompson v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 20-4054, 21-1969 · judgment August 9, 2023


Certiorari denied · January 8, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a Second Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

Whether the bottom has fallen out of the “totality of the circumstances” standard established by Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213 (1983) for evaluating the reliability of informants in the context of finding probable cause to issue a warrant and this court should conclude that merely placing an informant under oath is insufficient to find an informant reliable.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Norman A. Pattis
Pattis and Associates, LLC

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 08 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 29 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
  3. Nov 21 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Nov 07 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 18, 2023)