No. 24-7228

Eric Corder v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: consent curtilage evidence-gathering fourth-amendment illegal-entry implied-license
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-06-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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.

Docket Entries

2025-06-23
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
2025-05-29
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-05-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-04-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 16, 2025)

Attorneys

Eric Corder
Eric Corder — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent