Whether there is a reasonable expectation of privacy in the hotel room of a non-registered guest

QUESTIONS PRESENTED This case involves an important issue in which there is a split of authority in the lower courts regarding whether there is a reasonable expectation of privacy in the hotel room of a non-registered guest. This case implicates precisely this issue. The questions presented are: Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred when it held that Kristian Jones did not have an expectation of privacy in a hotel room that he was staying in, but was rented by his brother? Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred when it upheld the search of Kristian Jones’s person in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution? 1 CITATION TO THE OPINION BELOW United States v. Bridges, No.21-1679 (3d Cir. Sep. 15, 2022) 2