Seth Anthony Johnson v. United States
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly ruled that Mr. Johnson's supervised release search condition substantially diminished his weighty privacy interest his cell phone and authorized agents from Homeland Security Investigations to conduct a warrantless forensic search of its contents despite the fact that the search condition expressly limited the authority to conduct such a search to a United States Probation officer
Question Presented Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly ruled that Mr. Johnson’s supervised release search condition substantially diminished his weighty privacy interest his cell phone and authorized agents from Homeland Security Investigations to conduct a warrantless forensic search of its contents despite the fact that the search condition expressly limited the authority to conduct such a search to a United States Probation officer.