cell-phone-seizure
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6057 | Katrina Lawson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-11-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | cell-phone-seizure exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment search-warrant unreasonable-search warrantless-search | 1. Whether the i warrantless seizure of a cell phone from a private closet during a lawful arrest, without either a warrant, or the owner's consent … |
| 23-950 | Michael J. Lindell, et al. v. United States, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2024-02-29 | Denied | Response Waived | 4th-amendment cell-phone-seizure civil-rights electronic-data fourth-amendment free-speech legal-precedent preliminary-injunction retaliation seizure warrant-particularity | The extraordinary number of conclusions in the opinion below that conflict starkly with applicable precedents smacks of a judicial process that strain… |
| 21-6370 | Omil Cotto, aka Omil Gomez, aka Omil Alfredo Gomez v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2021-11-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment cell-phone-seizure cellphones criminal-procedure fourth-amendment overbreadth probable-cause road-rage search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant warrant-overbreadth | This case emerged out of a road rage incident during which shots were fired. The suspect, Omil Cotto, fled the scene in a red Camaro. Officers execute… |
| 21-5670 | Elijah Vines v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-09-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | cell-phone-seizure circuit-split expectation-of-privacy fourth-circuit law-enforcement password-protected password-protection privacy-expectation tenth-circuit third-party-consent | WHETHER A THIRD PARTY POSSESSES AUTHORITY TO CONSENT TO THE SEIZURE OF ANOTHER'S CELL PHONE WHEN THAT PHONE IS PASSWORD PROTECTED, THE OWNER OF THAT P… |