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Conyers v. City of Chicago, Illinois

Petition for certiorari denied on April 18, 2022

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
21-898 7th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2021

Issue: Whether a municipality may, consistent with the Fourth and Fifth Amendments and pursuant to an explicit policy, destroy or sell property seized during the inventory search of an arrestee because the arrestee remains in custody awaiting trial for more than 30 days and is unable to retrieve the property.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
12/14/2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 18, 2022)
12/21/2021Waiver of right of respondent City of Chicago, Illinois to respond filed.
12/29/2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
01/10/2022Response Requested. (Due February 9, 2022)
01/26/2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 9, 2022 to March 11, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
02/04/2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 11, 2022
03/11/2022Brief of respondent City of Chicago, Illinois in opposition filed.
03/25/2022Reply of petitioners Blake Conyers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
03/29/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
04/18/2022Petition DENIED.