nexus-requirement
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A853 | Joseph Sullivan v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2026-01-30 | Application | criminal-prosecution data-security jury-instruction nexus-requirement obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation | Question not identified. | |
| 25A120 | Pamela Bondi, Attorney General v. Fidel Angel Lopez-Quinteros, et al. | First Circuit | 2025-07-29 | Presumed Complete | asylum family-relationship immigration-and-nationality-act nexus-requirement particular-social-group persecution | Whether a family relationship constitutes a particular social group under the Immigration and Nationality Act such that threats made to compel a relat… | |
| 24-5480 | Robert James McCabe v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-09-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bribery-statute campaign-contributions corrupt-intent nexus-requirement official-act statutory-interpretation | Whether the federal bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 201(b), through its use of the term 'in return for' requires some nexus or correlation between the un… |
| 23-6006 | Delando Johnson v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-11-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | drug-investigation fourth-amendment good-faith-exception leon-exception nexus nexus-requirement probable-cause residential-search search-warrant | Whether an application for a warrant to search a home for drugs must contain objective evidence of a nexus between the evidence sought and the residen… |
| 22-7554 | Samuel Terraye Windom v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-05-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | controlled-buy drug-evidence fourth-amendment informant nexus nexus-requirement probable-cause search-warrant | Whether a controlled drug transaction that takes place away from a suspect's home is sufficient to establish a nexus between the offense and the suspe… |
| 20-8352 | David Alexandre v. United States | First Circuit | 2021-06-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment circuit-split criminal-activity criminal-procedure fourth-amendment nexus-requirement probable-cause search-warrant supreme-court | Did the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit erroneously hold the government was not required to establish probable cause to the belie… |
| 20-8326 | Michael Adefemi Adeyemo, aka Adekunle Olufemi Adetiloye v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-06-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure fifth-amendment incriminating nexus-requirement obstruction-of-justice plea-colloquy self-incrimination separate-offense testimonial | Whether the Fifth Amendment self-incrimination clause protects a defendant during the change of plea colloquy against compulsory self-disclosure of in… |
| 19-6938 | Gabriel Garcia-Solar v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-12-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | congress-power congressional-power constitutional-interpretation extraterritorial-jurisdiction felonies-clause felony-definition foreign-nationals high-seas maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act nexus-requirement nexus-to-us sentencing-discretion | Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act exceeds Congress' power under the Felonies Clause |
| 19-6816 | Michael J. Warner, II v. Maine | Maine | 2019-12-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | affidavit burglary cell-phone-data criminal-evidence nexus nexus-requirement probable-cause search-warrant | Whether an affidavit in support of a search warrant that contains neither specific allegations that a burglary suspect's cell phone data contain evide… |
| 19-433 | Patrick Emanuel Sutherland v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-10-02 | Denied | 18-usc-1512 false-statements grand-jury nexus-requirement obstruction-of-justice obstruction-of-justice-18-usc-1512-c-2 plain-error plain-error-review prosecutorial-misconduct | When does the 'nexus' requirement for obstruction of an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) apply when false statements are made to a U.S… | |
| 19-5414 | Arthur Whitley v. Texas | Texas | 2019-07-31 | Denied | IFP | 4th-amendment affidavit cell-phone cell-phone-data cell-phone-search criminal-investigation evidence-nexus fourth-amendment murder-investigation nexus-requirement probable-cause riley-precedent riley-v-california search-warrant search-warrant-precedent | Whether the Fourth Court of Appeals' legal analysis of the nexus between evidence about a murder investigation and information in the Petitioner's cel… |
| 18-8665 | Michael Benanti v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-04-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | affidavit criminal-activity fed-evid-r-403 fed-evid-rule-403 fourth-amendment harmless-error nexus nexus-requirement place-to-be-searched search-warrant substantial-rights | Whether the Fourth Amendment requires the affidavit supporting a search warrant to show a nexus between the criminal activity at issue and the place t… |
| 18-1230 | Juan Zamudio v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2019-03-21 | Denied | 4th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process fourth-amendment nexus-requirement particularized-nexus probable-cause residence search-and-seizure search-warrant standing | Whether a search warrant application that fails to provide any particularized nexus between an individual's alleged drug trafficking activity and the … |