No. 19-6193

Franklin C. Smith v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-law cell-phone-data civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment incident-to-arrest judicial-review legal-procedure privacy search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation takings warrant-requirement
Latest Conference: 2019-11-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

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Jarisdictional Qnestion
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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data incident to arrest when the phone is not immediately associated with the crime of arrest

Docket Entries

2019-11-25
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2019-11-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
2019-10-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-07-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 7, 2019)

Attorneys

Franklin C. Smith
Franklin C. Smith — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent