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Pablo Pastrana v. New York

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of New York, No. 63 · judgment November 21, 2023


Certiorari denied · March 18, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether a vehicular roadblock satisfies the standard for a reasonable search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment, articulated in Brown v. Texas, 443 U.S. 47 (1979), when there is no evidence that it was planned or authorized by supervisory (non-field) officers or that the date and location of the roadblock was reasonably selected to achieve valid law enforcement goals.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Akiva Shapiro
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

For respondent
Nicole Alisa Neckles
The Bronx District Attorney Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 18 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 28 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
  3. Feb 23 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent New York to respond filed.
  4. Feb 20 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2024)