| 25-6175 |
Luis Fernando Puente v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-counsel fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance reasonable-expectation-privacy state-law supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Fifth Circuit and U.S.D.C. misinterpreted state law and Supreme Court precedent regarding ineffective assistance of appellate counsel and … |
| 25-5764 |
James Edward King v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-09-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
fourth-amendment reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure standing third-circuit ups-package |
Whether the Third Circuit erred in concluding that King lacked a reasonable expectation of privacy in a package addressed to another person |
| 23-6032 |
James William Thomas, III v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment common-law-presumption-of-ownership fourth-amendment property-seizure reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure search-warrant standing trespassory-test |
Whether a defendant has standing to challenge the search of property seized from his residence |
| 22-481 |
Daphne Moore v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-11-22 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
curtilage fourth-amendment home home-curtilage police-technology reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search search-and-seizure surveillance surveillance-camera |
Whether long-term police use of a surveillance camera targeted at a person's home and curtilage is a Fourth Amendment search |
| 21-6117 |
Joshua Drake Howard v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
carpenter-v-united-states fourth-amendment gps-monitoring gps-tracking law-enforcement-monitoring location-data reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy united-states-v-jones united-states-v-knotts warrantless-surveillance |
does extended, non-trespassory GPS monitoring that is quantifiably more invasive than a rudimentary beeper qualify as a Fourth Amendment search? |
| 20-7436 |
Frederick Dale Knight v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment probable-cause reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure traffic-stop |
Does a noncriminal traffic stop and subsequent observation through the window of a stopped vehicle revealing a cylindrical brown object give rise to p… |
| 19-8509 |
Joaquin Gonzales v. California |
California |
2020-05-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alpr automated-license-plate-reader evidence-standard fourth-amendment license-plate physical-movements reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure warrantless-search |
Did a detective's warrantless search of an ALPR database for images and locations of Petitioner's license plate violate petitioner's Fourth Amendment … |
| 19-6060 |
Vincent Scott Mathews v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-09-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure fourth-amendment gps-monitoring parole parole-conditions reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure warrant warrant-requirement warrantless-search |
Does U.S. v. Knights and Griffin v. Wisconsin still precedent to be relied on? |
| 19-5670 |
Thomas James v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment byrd-doctrine exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment passenger-rights passenger-standing rakas-v-illinois reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure standing vehicle-search |
Does a passenger have standing to challenge the search of a vehicle in which they have no ownership or possessory interest? |
| 18-350 |
Lamar Sequan Brown v. South Carolina |
South Carolina |
2018-09-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abandonment abandonment-doctrine cell-phone-privacy cell-phones digital-data fourth-amendment privacy reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant-requirement |
Whether police must obtain a warrant before searching cell phone data on a lost but passcode-protected phone |