No. 23-45

Ethan R. Shields v. United States

Lower Court: Armed Forces
Docketed: 2023-07-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: abuse-of-discretion digital-forensics fourth-amendment military-justice reasonableness search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Tenth Circuit framework for assessing the reasonableness of digital forensic searches under the Fourth Amendment is appropriate

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether this Court should endorse the Tenth Circuit framework for assessing the reasonableness of digital forensic searches under the Fourth Amendment. 2. Whether Petitioner’s rights under the Fourth Amendment were violated, and the military judge abused his discretion, where a digital forensic examiner was authorized to only search for materials from one particular date but instead searched through images irrespective of their date.

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-07-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-07-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2023)

Attorneys

Ethan R. Shields
Rebecca Susan SnyderNavy-Marine Corps ARA, Petitioner
Rebecca Susan SnyderNavy-Marine Corps ARA, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent