No. 25-112
Okello T. Chatrie v. United States
Tags: cell-phone-privacy exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment geofence-warrant law-enforcement-search probable-cause
Latest Conference:
2026-01-16
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
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.
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
Docket Entries
2026-04-01
Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2026-04-01
Brief amici curiae of The Local Government Legal Center filed. (Distributed)
2026-04-01
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Orin S. Kerr filed. (Distributed)
2026-04-01
Brief amici curiae of Iowa, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2026-04-01
Amicus brief of Iowa, Michigan, 29 States and the District of Columbia submitted.
2026-04-01
Amicus brief of Professor Orin S. Kerr submitted.
2026-03-30
CIRCULATED
2026-03-25
Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
2026-03-25
Brief of respondent United States filed.
2026-03-25
Brief of United States submitted.
2026-03-16
Sealed material electronically received from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and available with the Clerk.
2026-03-09
Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice in support of neither party filed.
2026-03-09
Amicus brief of American Center for Law and Justice submitted.
2026-03-09
Motion for leave to file Volume III of the joint appendix under seal GRANTED.
2026-03-09
Amicus brief of James W. Harper submitted.
2026-03-09
Amicus brief of The Policing Project at New York University School of Law submitted.
2026-03-09
Amicus brief of The Rutherford Institute submitted.
2026-03-09
Amicus brief of Microsoft Corporation submitted.
2026-03-09
Brief amici curiae of Software & Information Industry Association and Computer & Communications Industry Association in support of neither party filed.
2026-03-09
Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute in support of neither party filed.
2026-03-09
Brief amicus curiae of Microsoft Corporation in support of neither party filed.
2026-03-09
Brief amicus curiae of The Policing Project at New York University School of Law in support of neither party filed.
2026-03-09
Brief amici curiae of Software & Information Industry Association, et al. filed.
2026-03-09
Brief amicus curiae of James W. Harper in support of neither party filed.
2026-03-09
Brief amici curiae of Technologists in support of neither party filed.
2026-03-03
Sealed material received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and available with the Clerk. The remainder of the record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of X Corp. filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amici curiae of Eight Law Professors filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of NetChoice filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc. filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amici curiae of The Innocence Project and the Center on Race, et al. filed.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Constitutional Accountability Center submitted.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Brian L. Owsley filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amici curiae of Law & Technology, et al. filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Google LLC filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amici curiae of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of The Press, et al. filed.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of X Corp. submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Institute for Justice submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Brian L. Owsley submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Cato Institute submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Google LLC submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Americans for Prosperity Foundation submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Liberty Justice Center submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of The Innocence Project and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at New York University School of Law submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of The Press, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, and Foundation for Individual Rights submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of NetChoice submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, Virginia Citizens Defense League, Virginia Citizens Defense Foundation, Tennessee Firearms Association, Tennessee Firearms Foundation, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of New Civil Liberties Alliance submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Restore the Fourth, Inc. submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc. submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Law & Technology and Fourth Amendment Scholars submitted.
2026-02-27
Brief amici curiae of Center for Democracy & Technology, et al. filed.
2026-02-25
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
2026-02-23
Brief of Okello Chatrie submitted.
2026-02-23
Consent Motion for Leave to File One Volume of the Joint Appendix Under Seal of Okello Chatrie submitted.
2026-02-23
Joint Appendix submitted.
2026-02-23
Brief of petitioner Okello Chatrie filed.
2026-02-23
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
2026-02-23
Motion for leave to file Volume III of the joint appendix under seal filed by petitioner Okello Chatrie.
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 United States in opposition submitted.
2025-11-24
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
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 to extend the time to file a response from October 29, 2025 to November 24, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-10-23
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
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 of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-08-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 29, 2025 to September 29, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-07-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 29, 2025)
Attorneys
America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, Virginia Citizens Defense League, Virginia Citizens Defense Foundation, Tennessee Firearms Association, Tennessee Firearms Foundation, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund
William Jeffrey Olson — William J. Olson, P.C., Amicus
American Center for Law and Justice
American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Brian L. Owsley
Cato Institute
Matthew P. Cavedon — Cato Institute, Amicus
Center for Democracy & Technology
Constitutional Accountability Center
Eight Law Professors
Megan Kathleen Graham — Technology Law Clinic, Amicus
Google LLC
Scott A. Keller — Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, Amicus
Institute for Justice
John Gaelen Wrench — Institute for Justice, Amicus
Iowa, Michigan, 29 States and the District of Columbia
James W. Harper
James W. Harper — American Enterprise Institute, Amicus
Law & Technology and Fourth Amendment Scholars
Liberty Justice Center
Jeffrey Michael Schwab — Liberty Justice Center, Amicus
Microsoft Corporation
NetChoice
New Civil Liberties Alliance
Okello Chatrie
Adam G. Unikowsky — Jenner & Block LLP, Petitioner
Professor Orin S. Kerr
Orin S. Kerr — Orin S. Kerr, Amicus
Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc.
Gene Clayton Schaerr — Schaerr | Jaffe, Amicus
Restore the Fourth, Inc.
Software & Information Industry Association and Computer & Communications Industry Association
Technologists
The Innocence Project and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at New York University School of Law
The Local Government Legal Center
Thomas Ryan McCarthy — Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Amicus
The Policing Project at New York University School of Law
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of The Press, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, and Foundation for Individual Rights
The Rutherford Institute
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
X Corp.
Mark Miller — Pacific Legal Foundation, Amicus