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Patrick Wayman Scullark, Jr. v. Iowa
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Iowa, No. 23-1218 · judgment June 20, 2025
Certiorari denied · December 15, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the Fourth Amendment categorically permits warrantless searches of bags carried by arrestees at the time of arrest but inaccessible to them at the time of search.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Amanda Kelly Rice
Jones Day
For respondent
Eric Harris Wessan
Iowa Attorney General's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Dec 15 2025Petition DENIED.
- Dec 08 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
- Nov 18 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
- Nov 18 2025Reply of petitioner Patrick Wayman Scullark, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
- Nov 03 2025Brief of respondent Iowa in opposition filed.
- Oct 27 2025Brief amicus curiae of National Association for Public Defense filed.
- Oct 24 2025Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
- Oct 03 2025Response Requested. (Due November 3, 2025)
- Oct 01 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
- Sep 24 2025Waiver of right of respondent Iowa to respond filed.
- Sep 18 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2025)