No. 18-6918
Samantha Christine Velazquez v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment border-search cell-phone-privacy cell-phone-search civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment probable-cause riley-precedent riley-v-california search-and-seizure warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference:
2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a warrantless, post-arrest cell-phone-search is permissible under the Fourth-Amendment at the United-States-border
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a warrantless, post-arrest cell phone search is permissible under the Fourth Amendment, simply because it takes place near the United States boundary with Mexico. In other words, does Riley v. California, 134 S. Ct. 2473 (2014), apply at the border? --prefix-
Docket Entries
2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-12-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-11-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 3, 2019)
Attorneys
Samantha Velazquez
Devin Jai Burstein — Warren & Burstein, Petitioner
Devin Jai Burstein — Warren & Burstein, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent