third-party-consent

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6489 Jason William Dobbs v. Nevada Nevada 2026-01-06 Pending Response WaivedIFP computer-privacy consent-search fourth-amendment law-enforcement third-party-consent warrantless-search 1. Whether the Fourth Amendment requires law enforcement to make sufficient inquiries as to the authority of a third person to consent to a warrantles…
23-7413 Adonis Marquis Perry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone cell-phone-privacy consent constitutional-rights fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation law-enforcement privacy search-and-seizure third-party-consent warrantless-search Whether a third party's personal use and physical possession of Petitioner's cell phone transfer authority to the third party to consent to law enforc…
21-6154 Shawn Ford v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment apparent-authority consent-to-search criminal-procedure fourth-amendment reasonable-belief residence search-and-seizure third-party-consent Whether a third party's apparent authority to consent to a search of a criminal suspect's residence requires that the police reasonably believe that t…
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 has denie…
20-6839 Henry Alexander Townsend v. Jeri Taylor, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2021-01-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP absent-homeowner common-authority fourth-amendment search-and-seizure third-party-consent warrant-requirement Whether the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures requires the government to obtain a warrant before conducting a searc…