No. 19-6095

Charles Devan Fulton, Sr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 4th-amendment cellphone-privacy evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception leon-good-faith-exception predicate-illegality probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant united-states-v-leon warrant-requirement
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Government can whitewash, via United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984), its predicate illegal seizure of a citizen's cellphone and salvage the evidence contained therein by obtaining a subsequent search warrant after significant delay

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Government can whitewash, via United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984), its predicate illegal seizure of a citizen’s cellphone and salvage the evidence contained therein by obtaining a subsequent search warrant after significant delay. ii

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-10
Reply of petitioner Charles Fulton filed.
2019-12-27
Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
2019-11-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 27, 2019.
2019-11-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 27, 2019 to December 27, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-10-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 27, 2019.
2019-10-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 28, 2019 to November 27, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-09-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 28, 2019)

Attorneys

Charles Fulton
Federico Andino ReynalFertitta Reynal LLP, Petitioner
Federico Andino ReynalFertitta Reynal LLP, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent