No. 22-6777
Fharis Denane Smith v. United States
IFP
Tags: cell-phone circuit-split digital-privacy fourth-amendment good-faith law-enforcement-procedure probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant-requirement
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference:
2023-05-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Question Presented
Question Presented (from Petition)
Question Presented To search a target’s phone, does probable cause and good faith require a nexus between the target’s phone and the crime demonstrated by case-specific facts, or may the magistrate rely on mere police generalities about the role of phones in modern society and non-case-specific conclusions about criminal behavior? 1
Docket Entries
2023-05-22
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023.
2023-04-26
Reply of petitioner Fharis Denane Smith filed.
2023-04-17
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2023-03-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 17, 2023.
2023-03-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 16, 2023 to April 17, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-02-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 16, 2023)
Attorneys
Fharis Denane Smith
Gary Wayne Crim — Gary W. Crim, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Gary Wayne Crim — Gary W. Crim, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent