No. 21-5323

Scott Trader v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: carpenter-v-united-states cell-phone-records fourth-amendment government-surveillance ip-address privacy privacy-rights search search-and-seizure warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Government conducts a search under the Fourth Amendment when it accesses historical I.P. address records for a mobile app that provide a comprehensive chronicle of the user's past movement?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW In Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018), this Court held that the Government conducts a search under the Fourth Amendment when it accesses historical cell phone records that provide a comprehensive chronicle of the user’s past movements. Here, the Government accessed, without a warrant, historical records for a mobile app loaded on Mr. Trader’s cell phone. The records, which spanned nearly a month, detailed all the internet protocol (“I.P.”) addresses that the app had connected to during that time. Like the cell phone records in Carpenter, the historic I.P. addresses provided a comprehensive chronicle of Mr. Trader’s movements during that month. Question Presented: Whether the Government conducts a search under the Fourth Amendment when it accesses historical I.P. address records for a mobile app that provide a comprehensive chronicle of the user’s past movement? i INTERESTED PARTIES There are no

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-08-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 9, 2021)

Attorneys

Scott Trader
Bernardo LopezFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
Bernardo LopezFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent