No. 21-7387

Henry E. Wood v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment cellphone circuit-split fourth-amendment law-enforcement mobile-phone parolee parolee-rights search-and-seizure warrant-requirement warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2022-04-14
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Seventh Circuit's decision allowing law enforcement officers to conduct a warrantless search of a parolee's mobile phone upon arrest has created a circuit split relative to Sixth and Ninth Circuit opinions that require authorities to obtain a warrant before searching cellphones?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED I. Whether the Seventh Circuit’s decision allowing law enforcement officers to conduct a warrantless search of a parolee’s mobile phone upon arrest has created a circuit split relative to Sixth and Ninth Circuit opinions that require authorities to obtain a warrant before searching cellphones? ii

Docket Entries

2022-04-18
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
2022-03-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-03-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 15, 2022)

Attorneys

Henry Wood
Daniel HillisFederal Public Defender's Office for the C.D.Ill., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent