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Ashlee Marie Mumford v. Iowa
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Iowa, No. 23-1075 · judgment December 6, 2024
Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
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 dog sniff of the interior of a lawfully stopped vehicle violates the Fourth Amendment absent consent to the sniff or probable cause to believe that the vehicle contains illegal drugs.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Xiao Wang
University of Virginia School of Law
For respondent
Joshua Adam Duden
Office of the Iowa Attorney General
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Aug 27 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 26 2025Reply of petitioner Ashlee Marie Mumford filed. (Distributed)
- Aug 12 2025Brief of respondent Iowa in opposition filed.
- Jun 13 2025Brief amicus curiae of Center for Appellate Litigation filed.
- Jun 13 2025Brief amici curiae of The Rutherford Institute, et al. filed.
- May 21 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 12, 2025.
- May 20 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 13, 2025 to August 12, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- May 14 2025Response Requested. (Due June 13, 2025)
- May 06 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
- Apr 30 2025Waiver of right of respondent Iowa to respond filed.
- Apr 17 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 21, 2025)
- Apr 03 2025Application (24A827) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until April 17, 2025.
- Mar 28 2025Application (24A827) to extend further the time from April 7, 2025 to April 17, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
- Feb 27 2025Application (24A827) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until April 7, 2025.
- Feb 24 2025Application (24A827) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 6, 2025 to April 7, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.