No. 20-1204

Mark Ringland v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: digital-evidence electronic-privacy fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence reasonable-expectation search search-and-seizure trespass united-states-v-jacobsen
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether compelling someone's emails from his or her electronic service provider and opening them is a trespass, and therefore a 'search,' under the Fourth Amendment, or whether the analysis in United States v. Jacobsen, 466 U.S. 109, 120-21 (1984), justifies disregarding the trespass test altogether

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether compelling someone’s emails from his or her electronic service provider and opening them is a trespass, and therefore a “search,” under the Fourth Amendment, or whether the analysis in United States v. Jacobsen, 466 U.S. 109, 120-21 (1984), justifies disregarding the trespass test altogether. (i)

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-06-01
Reply of petitioner Mark Ringland filed. (Distributed)
2021-05-17
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2021-04-14
Brief amici curiae of DKT Liberty Project, et al. filed.
2021-04-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 17, 2021.
2021-04-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 16, 2021 to May 17, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-03-17
Response Requested. (Due April 16, 2021)
2021-03-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
2021-03-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-02-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 1, 2021)

Attorneys

DKT Liberty Project, Reason Foundation, and Due Process Institute
Jessica Ring AmunsonJenner & Block LLP, Amicus
Jessica Ring AmunsonJenner & Block LLP, Amicus
Mark Ringland
Amir H. AliRoderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Petitioner
Amir H. AliRoderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent