Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the execution of a geofence warrant by law enforcement seeking cell phone location data without a particularized warrant violates the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches
Question Presented (from Petition)
This case concerns the constitutionality of geofence warrants. For cell phone users to use certain services, their cell phones must continuously transmit their exact locations to their service providers. A geofence warrant allows law enforcement to obtain, from the service provider, the identities of users who were in the vicinity of a particular location at a particular time. In this case, law enforcement obtained, and served on Google, a geofence warrant seeking anonymized location data for every device within 150 meters of the location of a bank robbery within one hour of the robbery. After Google returned an initial list, law enforcement sought— without seeking an additional warrant—information about the movements of certain devices for a longer, two-hour period, and Google complied with that request as well. Then—again without seeking an additional warrant—law enforcement requested de-anonymized subscriber information for three devices. One of those devices belonged to petitioner Okello Chatrie. Based on the evidence derived from the geofence warrant, petitioner was convicted of armed robbery. The questions presented are: 1. Whether the execution of the geofence warrant violated the Fourth Amendment. 2. Whether the exclusionary rule should apply to the evidence derived from the geofence warrant.
2026-02-11
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 27, 2026.
2026-01-16
Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
2026-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
2025-12-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-08
Reply of petitioner Okello Chatrie filed. (Distributed)
2025-12-08
Reply of Okello Chatrie submitted.
2025-11-24
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2025-11-24
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2025-10-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 24, 2025.
2025-10-23
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-10-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 29, 2025 to November 24, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-09-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 29, 2025.
2025-09-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 29, 2025 to October 29, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-09-22
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-08-29
Brief amicus curiae of X Corp. filed.
2025-08-29
Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc. filed.
2025-08-29
Amicus brief of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc. submitted.
2025-08-29
Amicus brief of X Corp. submitted.
2025-08-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 29, 2025.
2025-08-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 29, 2025 to September 29, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-08-20
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-07-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 29, 2025)