No. 25-5047

Michael Francis v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: fourth-amendment informant-reliability judicial-integrity law-enforcement-misconduct probable-cause search-warrant
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Were Petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights violated when an FBI Agent obtained a search warrant for Petitioner's car by deliberately withholding information about an informant's credibility from the Magistrate?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Were Petitioner’s Fourth Amendment rights violated when an FBI Agent, acting on information from an informant, obtained a search warrant for Petitioner’s car from a Magistrate, but the FBI Agent deliberately withheld from the affidavit in support of the wa rrant the facts that the informant had been convicted of a felony crime of dishonesty and had lied to the police when arrested , such that the FBI Agent, rather than the Magistrate , made the determination of whether the informant was reliable and credible ?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-14
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-06-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 7, 2025)

Attorneys

Michael Francis
Richard C. Guerriero Jr.Lothstein Guerriero PLLC, Petitioner
Richard C. Guerriero Jr.Lothstein Guerriero PLLC, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor KabaHueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent