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Jose Gabriel Duran Garcia v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 23-4631 · judgment March 5, 2026
Certiorari denied · October 5, 2026
Question presented
Whether probable cause may be based solely on a handler’s interpretation of a drug-detection dog’s subtle behavioral changes when the dog fails to perform its trained final response.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Howard Walton Anderson III
Law Office of Howard W Anderson III LLC
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jul 16 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 08 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jun 01 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 24, 2026)