No. 19-5008

Jamie B. Johnson v. Massachusetts

Lower Court: Massachusetts
Docketed: 2019-06-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: digital-age digital-data fourth-amendment gps gps-tracking location-data privacy privacy-rights probation probation-conditions search warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the warrantless search, unsupported by any individualized suspicion of criminal wrongdoing, of a former probationer's historical GPS location data is permitted by the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the warrantless search, unsupported by any individualized suspicion of criminal wrongdoing, of a former probationer's historical GPS location data is permitted by the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-24
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Massachusetts to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 29, 2019)
Petition

Attorneys

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Thomas Edward Bocian — Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Respondent
Jamie Johnson
Timothy Colwell St. Lawrence — Timothy St. Lawrence, Attorney at Law, Petitioner