No. 18-5508

Gerald Andrew Darby v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment anticipatory-warrant computer-privacy exclusionary-rule extraterritoriality fourth-amendment good-faith-exception particularity remote-search search-and-seizure warrant-particularity
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether an FBI agent can reasonably rely on the validity of a single warrant that authorizes a million searches of 100,000 different computers without describing any particular place to be searched?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an FBI agent can reasonably rely on the validity of a single warrant that authorizes a million searches of 100,000 different computers without describing any particular place to be searched?

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-08-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 7, 2018)

Attorneys

Gerald Andrew Darby
Andrew William GrindrodOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent