No. 20-6086

Brittan Kettles v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cell-phone-data digital-privacy fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence privacy search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

I.
THE DISTRICT COURT
ERRED
WHEN IT DENIED MR.
KETTLES' MOTION TO ADMIT
EVIDENCE PURSUANT
TO F.R.E. 608 AND 412 AND THE
CIRCUIT
T RECOGNIZED
THIS
ERROR,
BUT
ERRED
AGAIN
IN
FINDING
IT
HARMLESS

II.
THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED WHEN IT ACCEPTED
THE GOVERNMENT'S VERDICT FORM AS IT RELATED
TO THE INDICTED OFFENSES UNDER 18 U.S. §
1591(a)(1)

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-10-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 19, 2020)

Attorneys

Brittan Kettles
Manuel Benjamin RussManuel B. Russ, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent