Nikolai Bosyk v. United States
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
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 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.