No. 24-7027

Charles House v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-04-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law fourth-amendment law-enforcement privacy-rights search-and-seizure surveillance
Key Terms:
Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-05-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the installation of a pole camera monitoring a residence for over 13 months violated the Fourth Amendment right to privacy and whether a zoom lens attachment altered the constitutional analysis

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

WHETHER THE INSTALLATION OF A POLE CAMERA, WITH A ZOOM LENS, WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO MONITOR PETITIONER'S MOVEMENTS FROM AND TO HIS RESIDENCE, TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, AND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IN EXCESS OF 13 MONTHS, VIOLATED HIS 4th AMENDMENT RIGHT OF PRIVACY? ASSUMING THE POLE CAMERA DID NOT INFRINGE ON PETITIONER'S RIGHT TO PRIVACY, DID AN ATTACHMENT TO THE POLE CAMERA OF A ZOOM LENS, CHANGE THE EQUATION? 02/27/2025

Docket Entries

2025-06-02
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
2025-05-12
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-05-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-04-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 19, 2025)

Attorneys

Charles House
Charles House — Petitioner
Charles House — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent