wiretap
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A603 | Gabriel L'Ambiance Ingram v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-11-21 | Application | certiorari extension-of-time lower-courts pro-se title-iii wiretap | Whether a pro se petitioner may obtain an extension of time to file a certiorari petition when related motions to unseal Title III wiretap materials a… | |
| 23-5396 | Antoine Clark v. United States | Third Circuit | 2023-08-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause title-iii wiretap wiretap-law | Whether law enforcement's self-created exigent circumstances justify a Title III wiretap? |
| 23-5078 | Kendrick Ramon Page v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-07-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment criminal-procedure fourth-amendment minimization minimization-requirement motion-to-suppress necessity probable-cause theory-of-defense-instruction wiretap wiretap-evidence | Whether the 8th Circuit erred in affirming the denial of wiretap evidence and the refusal to provide a theory of defense instruction |
| 21-6936 | Charles Roland Cheatham, aka Chi-Chi v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-01-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy conspiracy-investigation criminal-investigation evidence-derivation law-enforcement-procedure material-misstatement necessity probable-cause transfer wiretap wiretap-authorization | May the government obtain a wiretap to investigate whether an individual is a member of an alleged conspiracy, by relying in part upon evidence from t… |
| 21-6324 | Jesus Alfredo Ramirez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-11-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment civil-procedure communication-interception criminal-procedure district-court evidence-suppression probable-cause title-iii wiretap | Whether the district court erred in authorizing a wiretap of Petitioner's communications under Title III and in failing to suppress the evidence inter… |
| 21-5679 | Toye Tutis v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-09-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | cell-site-simulator criminal-procedure fourth-amendment plea-agreement plea-bargaining privacy privacy-rights search-and-seizure wiretap wiretap-order | Whether employment of a 'cell-site simulator' constituted a Fourth Amendment violation? |
| 20-8261 | Francisco Felix v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-06-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant wiretap | Whether the wiretap application failed to satisfy the requisite Fourth Amendment standard that requires exigent circumstances for an application to be… |
| 20-1586 | Artavis Desmond McGowan v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-05-14 | Denied | Response Waived | conspiracy constructive-amendment criminal-procedure drug-conviction evidence first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-relief wiretap wiretap-evidence | Whether the district court erred in denying the defendant's motion for a new trial based on a constructive amendment of the indictment |
| 20-7667 | Troy Kendrick, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-04-06 | Denied | IFP | 5th-circuit falsified-evidence franks-standard franks-v-delaware judicial-review law-enforcement-misconduct probable-cause sentencing-guidelines wiretap wiretap-evidence | When a law enforcement agent falsifies and misrepresents wiretap evidence to establish probable cause for a second wiretap, can a reviewing court rely… |
| 20-5108 | Salvador Ojeda-Amarillas v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-07-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure firearms-enhancement leadership-role necessity necessity-requirement sentencing-enhancement sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines waiver wiretap wiretap-application | Whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding the July 2006 wiretap application met the necessity requirements and whether it erred in holding Mr. Oje… |
| 19-6841 | Adam Scott v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-12-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure delayed-sealing evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment sealing statutory-compliance suppression surveillance-law title-iii title-iii-intercept unforeseen-emergency wiretap wiretap-procedure wiretap-suppression | Should a wiretap that was not sealed until 30 days after interception ended, and 21 days after the order expired, be suppressed where that delay was n… |
| 19-5126 | Jesus M. Garcia v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, et al. | Third Circuit | 2019-07-09 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment trial-counsel wiretap wiretap-evidence | Did the district court and appeals court err in denying appellant relief on ineffective assistance of trial counsel due to counsel's failing to object… |
| 19-5013 | Hugo Santana-Dones v. United States | First Circuit | 2019-07-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-circuit-review intercept-standard necessity standard-of-review statutory-burden statutory-rights warrant-necessity wire-communications wiretap | Whether the First Circuit's standard of review on the necessity of a warrant to intercept wire communications violates the defendant's constitutional … |
| 18-5212 | Markentz Blanc v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-07-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 11th-circuit 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review circuit-court criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-flight-instructions district-court due-process elements flight-instructions prejudice prior-decisions sufficiency-of-evidence wiretap wiretap-evidence | Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the district court's rulings on the flight instructions, the necessity requirement for the wiretap, an… |