No. 18-6496

John Thomas v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-argument appellate-procedure appellate-review carpenter-v-united-states cell-phone-location cell-phone-location-data cell-phone-tracking constitutional-rights conviction-affirmance conviction-affirmation fourth-amendment search-and-seizure warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2018-11-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the opinion of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which failed to address Thomas's appellate argument that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated by evidence obtained from a warrantless search and seizure of historical cell phone site locations is in, and of itself, a violation of Thomas's Fourth Amendment rights established in Carpenter v. United States, 585 U.S. , 138 S. Ct. 2206, 201 L. Ed. 2d 507 (2018)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the opinion of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which failed to address Thomas’s appellate argument that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated by evidence obtained from a warrantless search and seizure of historical cell phone site locations is in, and of itself, a violation of Thomas’s Fourth Amendment rights established in Carpenter v. United States, 585 U.S. , 138 S. Ct. 2206, 201 L. Ed. 2d 507 (2018).

Docket Entries

2018-12-03
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-11-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-10-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 29, 2018)

Attorneys

John Thomas
Robert Joseph PalmerMay Oberfell Lorber, Petitioner
Robert Joseph PalmerMay Oberfell Lorber, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent