No. 18-6918

Samantha Christine Velazquez v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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
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 BursteinWarren & Burstein, Petitioner
Devin Jai BursteinWarren & Burstein, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent