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Terrance Payne Hayes v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 25-1649 · judgment May 11, 2026


Certiorari denied · October 13, 2026

Questions presented

The questions presented are:

  1. Whether Petitioner unambiguously invoked his right to end questioning when, after stating that he was “ready to go” and attempting to leave, he twice told officers, “If I’m not being detained, I would like to go.”

  2. Whether, in determining custody under Miranda, a court may disregard a hospital patient’s confinement because the police did not cause it, rather than consider that restraint with the other objective circumstances.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Rick Ramstad
BANGS, MCCULLEN, BUTLER, FOYE & SIMMONS, LLP

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 13, 2026 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 13 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 17 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2026.
  3. Sep 10 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Aug 25 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 30, 2026)