No. 25-6359

Travis Tuggle v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: effective-assistance-of-counsel fourth-amendment plain-view-doctrine sixth-amendment technological-advances unreasonable-search
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference: 2026-01-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was infringed when counsel failed to argue the plain view doctrine's applicability in light of technological advances and Fourth Amendment protections

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether the petitioner ’s Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel was infringed upon when counsel failed to argue that, in order for the plain view doctrine, an exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment ’s protection against the Unreasonable Search and Seizure of the Government, to apply, the Government must be occupying a place it was lawfully entitled to be, particularly in light of today ’s technological advances. 2. Whether, despite the fact that the imposition of sentence may result in the same sentence, was counsel ’s performance deficient and the petitioner prejudiced when counsel failed to file a Rule 28 (j) during the pendency of the petitioner ’s direct appeal which would have allowed the petitioner to be resentenced.

Docket Entries

2026-01-20
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
2025-12-22
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-12-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-01-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 14, 2026)

Attorneys

Travis Tuggle
Travis Tuggle — Petitioner
Travis Tuggle — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent