No. 25-5814

Jaylyn Devell McGhee v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights fourth-amendment home-entry implied-license law-enforcement search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2025-11-14 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether law enforcement may exceed the implied license to approach a home's front door by walking through the front yard to peer into a fenced-in side yard in search of evidence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether, consistent with the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, law enforcement may exceed the implied license to approach the front door of a home by walking away from the front entry of the home and through the front yard to peer into a fenced-in side yard in search of evidence.

Docket Entries

2025-11-17
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
2025-10-22
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-10-06
Motion (25M15) Granted.
2025-10-06
Motion Granted.
2025-08-20
Motion (25M15) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-05-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 6, 2025)
2025-05-23
Motion of petitioner for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.

Attorneys

Jaylyn McGhee
Jessica Marie DonelsParrish Kruidenier Law Firm, Petitioner
Jessica Marie DonelsParrish Kruidenier Law Firm, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent