No. 19-1055

Dustin Moss v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-procedure criminal-procedure evidence-suppression fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation illegal-search package package-description particularity-requirement probable-cause search-warrant tracking-number
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-03-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the search of a package that was solely referenced by its tracking number in the warrant's caption, but was not otherwise described in the warrant, violated the Fourth Amendment's particularity requirement.

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Where a search warrant particularly described a package to be searched, was the search of a completely different package illegal where that package was solely referenced by its tracking number in the warrant’s caption but was not otherwise described?

Docket Entries

2020-03-30
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2020.
2020-03-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 26, 2020)

Attorneys

Dustin Moss
Simon Robert BrownPreti Flaherty PLLP, Petitioner
Simon Robert BrownPreti Flaherty PLLP, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent