No. 25-399
Ronell Moses, Jr. v. United States
Amici (1)
Tags: criminal-procedure curtilage fourth-amendment law-enforcement property-rights search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
FourthAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether a defendant's actual use of an area adjacent to his home is relevant to whether that area is curtilage under the Fourth Amendment, as four circuits have held, or whether a court should disregard any evidence beyond a police officer's objective observations at the time of the search, as three circuits have held.
2. Whether a portion of a driveway immediately adjacent to a home is curtilage under the Fourth Amendment.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a defendant's actual use of an area adjacent to his home is relevant to determining curtilage under the Fourth Amendment, and whether a portion of a driveway immediately adjacent to a home constitutes curtilage
Docket Entries
2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-23
Reply of Ronell Moses, Jr. submitted.
2025-12-23
Reply of petitioner Ronell Moses, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
2025-12-03
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2025-12-03
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2025-11-03
Amicus brief of Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Tennessee Firearms Foundation, Tennessee Firearms Association, America's Future, DownsizeDC.org, Downsize DC Foundation, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund submitted.
2025-11-03
Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, et al. filed.
2025-10-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 3, 2025.
2025-10-29
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-10-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 3, 2025 to December 3, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-10-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 3, 2025)
Attorneys
Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Tennessee Firearms Foundation, Tennessee Firearms Association, America's Future, DownsizeDC.org, Downsize DC Foundation, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservativ
Robert Jeffrey Olson — William J. Olson P.C., Amicus
Ronell Moses, Jr.
Jasmine Sola — Federal Public Defender, Western District of PA, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent