| Litigants: | Manuel v. Joliet |
| Arguedate: | October 5 |
| Argueyear: | 2016 |
| Decidedate: | March 21 |
| Decideyear: | 2017 |
| Fullname: | Manuel v. City of Joliet, Illinois, et al. |
| Usvol: | 580 |
| Uspage: | ___ |
| Parallelcitations: | 137 S. Ct. 911; 197 L. Ed. 2d 312 |
| Docket: | 14-9496 |
| 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). |
| Majority: | Kagan |
| Joinmajority: | Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor |
| Dissent: | Thomas |
| Dissent2: | Alito |
| Joindissent2: | Thomas |
| Lawsapplied: | U.S. Const. amend. IV |
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]