Manuel v. Joliet

Manuel v. Joliet, 580 U.S. ___ (2017), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that a criminal defendant may bring a claim under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution to challenge pretrial confinement.[1] In a 6-2 majority opinion written by Justice Elena Kagan, the Court stated that "the Fourth Amendment governs a claim for unlawful pretrial detention even beyond the start of legal process".[2] This decision reversed and remanded the judgment of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[3] Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a dissenting opinion.[4] Justice Thomas also joined a dissenting opinion by Justice Samuel Alito.[5]

Manuel v. Joliet
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 5, 2016 Decided March 21, 2017
Full case name	Manuel v. City of Joliet, Illinois, et al.
Docket no.	14-9496
Citations	580 U.S. ___ (more) 137 S. Ct. 911; 197 L. Ed. 2d 312
Case history
Prior	Manuel v. Joliet, 590 F. App'x 641 (7th Cir. 2015); cert. granted, 136 S. Ct. 890 (2016).
Procedural	On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Holding
A criminal defendant may challenge his pretrial detention on the ground that it violated the Fourth Amendment (all other issues, including the claim's timeliness, was left to the court below).
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Kagan, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor
Dissent	Thomas
Dissent	Alito, joined by Thomas
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV