Whether government agents have an implied license to enter the curtilage of a fenced and gated home to gather evidence, and whether voluntary consent given during an illegal entry constitutes an attenuating circumstance
I. Whether government agents have an implied license to enter the curtilage of the 1. home that is fenced and gated off thereby inaccessible to the public to knock upon and peer into bedroom windows of the home and backdoor of a residence to gather evidence pursuant to Florida v. Jardines , 133 S. Ct 1409 (2013); Carroll v. Carmen, 135 S. Ct. 348 (2014) Whether voluntary consent given within minutes after and during an illegal entry 2. of the home ’s curtilage is an attenuating circumstance, where government agents entered without a warrant for the express purpose to advance a drug investigation and gather evidence pursuant to Brown v. Illinois, 422 US 590 (1975). \ I PARTY TO PROCEEDING AND RELATED CASES United States v. Eric Corder, No. 21 CR 114, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Judgment entered March 21,2025. II.