No. 19-1027

David Caswell v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: child-pornography computer-search federal-investigation fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception jurisdiction magistrate-jurisdiction network-investigative-technique search-warrant
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-03-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

I) Did the FBI act in good-faith when it indicated to a magistrate judge that property to be searched pursuant to a search warrant application was located in the Eastern District of Virginia, when in fact the true place to be searched was computers throughout the country, the vast majority of which were beyond the geographic limits of the magistrate's authority?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the FBI act in good-faith when it indicated to a magistrate judge that property to be searched pursuant to a search warrant application was located in the Eastern District of Virginia, when in fact the true place to be searched was computers throughout the country, the vast majority of which were beyond the geographic limits of the magistrate's authority?

Docket Entries

2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-12-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 19, 2020)

Attorneys

David Caswell
J. W. Carney Jr.J. W. Carney, Jr. & Associates, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent