No. 23-893

Jonathan Walker v. Arkansas

Lower Court: Arkansas
Docketed: 2024-02-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: 4th-amendment algorithm digital-privacy fourth-amendment law-enforcement law-enforcement-search private-company probable-cause search-and-seizure technology-search warrant-requirement
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Copyright Privacy
Latest Conference: 2024-04-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Fourth Amendment require a warrant to open a digital file flagged by a private company's algorithm as potentially illegal?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Technology companies automatically scan trillions of digital files that are uploaded onto their servers, including emails and photographs. Their algorithms can scan for anything, from faces in photographs to the content of digital files stored in online file storage systems. The question presented is: Does the Fourth Amendment require police to get a warrant before they open a digital file that was flagged by a private technology company’s computer program as potentially containing illegal content but that no human being has previously opened?

Docket Entries

2024-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.
2024-04-10
2024-03-22
2024-02-16
2023-11-17
Application (23A446) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until February 16, 2024.
2023-11-15
Application (23A446) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 20, 2023 to February 16, 2024, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Arkansas
Nicholas Jacob BronniSolicitor General of Arkansas, Respondent
Nicholas Jacob BronniSolicitor General of Arkansas, Respondent
Jonathan Walker
Easha AnandStanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Petitioner
Easha AnandStanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Petitioner