No. 19-8606

Robert D. Thorson v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-power criminal-statute due-process first-amendment free-speech intimate-images privacy-rights standing takings
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) MAY CONGRESS ENACT BROAD AND SWEEPING STATUTES TO PROHIBIT THE PRODUCTION AND POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IMAGES OF INTIMATE AND LAWFUL CONDUCT WITHOUT EXPECTATION IN AN EFFORT TO PROHIBIT AND SUPPRESS UNLAWFUL CONDUCT WITH PROTECTED SPEECH?

2) MAY POLICE SUBJECT A SUSPECT'S CELL PHONE IN AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN PROBABLE CAUSE IN OBTAIN A SEARCH WARRANT TO SEARCH THAT PARTICULAR PHONE?

3) MAY A DISTRICT COURT POSTPONE OR DELAY CONDUCTING A FORMAL HEARING UNTIL AFTER ALL PRETRIAL MOTIONS HAVE BEEN FILED AND RULED UPON?

4) DOES A TRIAL COURT VIOLATE THE SIXTH AND EIGHTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS CONTINUANCES AS A MATTER OF NINTH CIRCUIT PRECEDENT, OR DOES IT CONFLICT WITH CONGRESS' INTENTION WHEN ENACTING THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT OF 1974, 18 U.S.C. §3161(h)(7)(C)?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress may enact broad and sweeping statutes to prohibit the production and possession of personal images of intimate and lawful conduct in an effort to prohibit and suppress lawful conduct and protected speech

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-05-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Robert D. Thorson
Robert D. Thorson — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent