No. 21-5670

Elijah Vines v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cell-phone-seizure circuit-split expectation-of-privacy fourth-circuit law-enforcement password-protected password-protection privacy-expectation tenth-circuit third-party-consent
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER A THIRD PARTY POSSESSES AUTHORITY TO CONSENT TO THE SEIZURE OF ANOTHER'S CELL PHONE WHEN THAT PHONE IS PASSWORD PROTECTED, THE OWNER OF THAT PHONE HAS DENIED THE PASSWORD INFORMATION TO THAT THIRD PARTY, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT KNOWS OF THAT DENIAL AT THE TIME OF THE SEIZURE.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a third-party possesses authority to consent to the seizure of another's cell phone when that phone is password-protected, the owner has denied the password to that third-party, and law enforcement knows of that denial at the time of the seizure

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-09-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 14, 2021)

Attorneys

Elijah Vines
Mark Siddhartha RosenRosen and Holzman, Ltd., Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent