cell-phone-seizure

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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…