No. 19-860

Nikolai Bosyk v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: child-pornography circuit-split criminal-procedure fourth-amendment ip-address probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the single click of a URL link to child pornography by someone using an individual's IP address can provide probable cause to support a search warrant without any additional substantive factual information related to the suspect

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED The Fourth Amendment establishes “[t]he right for people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures” and continues “no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” U.S. Const. amend. IV. Whether the single click of a URL link to child pornography by someone using an individual’s IP address can provide probable cause to support a search warrant without any additional substantive factual information related to the suspect. ii PARTIES TO PROCEEDING AND RULE 26.6 STATEMENT Petitioner is Nikolai Bosyk. Respondent is the United States of America. No party is a corporation.

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-01-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 10, 2020)

Attorneys

Nikolai Bosyk
William Davis AshwellMark B. Williams & Associates, PLC, Petitioner
William Davis AshwellMark B. Williams & Associates, PLC, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent