No. 20-6300

Bryan Mitchell Lietzau v. Arizona

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2020-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: cell-phone cell-phone-privacy fourth-amendment privacy-rights probation probation-search reasonable-suspicion search warrantless-search
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-01-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Fourth Amendment require reasonable suspicion for a probation officer to conduct a warrantless search of a probationer's person or property?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Bryan Lietzau was arrested for administrative violations of his probation, and a surveillance officer searched his cellular phone because, as he put it, he does not need a warrant and he “go[es] through hundreds of phones a month.” The Arizona Supreme Court determined that Riley v. California, 573 U.S. 373 (2014), has no bearing on the question of cell phone searches of probationers. In so doing, it deepened a split of authority on two issues. The questions presented are: Does the Fourth Amendment require reasonable suspicion for a probation officer to conduct a warrantless search of a probationer’s person or property? Does the Fourth Amendment prohibit suspicionless and comprehensive searches of a probationer’s cell phone absent standards for ensuring that such searches are not arbitrary? 1

Docket Entries

2021-01-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2020-11-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2020)

Attorneys

Bryan Lietzau
David Joseph EuchnerPima County Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
David Joseph EuchnerPima County Public Defender's Office, Petitioner