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Ganias v. United States

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on December 5, 1916.

Docket No.16-263
Op. Below2d Cir.

Issue

Whether the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule applies when law-enforcement officials obtain a warrant based on a predicate unconstitutional search or seizure (as the First, Second, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Circuits hold), or whether the good-faith exception has no application where a search warrant is issued based on a predicate Fourth Amendment violation (as the Ninth Circuit, Tenth Circuit, Eleventh Circuit, and several state high courts hold).

Proceedings & orders timeline

Aug 25, 2016
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 29, 2016)
Sep 22, 2016
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 31, 2016.
Oct 31, 2016
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Nov 14, 2016
Reply of petitioner Stavros M. Ganias filed. (Distributed)
Nov 15, 2016
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 2, 2016.
Dec 5, 2016
Petition DENIED.

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