No. 21-6290
George Steven Burch v. Wisconsin
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: consent consent-search data-retention digital-privacy fourth-amendment law-enforcement search-and-seizure smartphone-data warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference:
2022-01-07
Question Presented (from Petition)
After the government obtains consent to search specific information on
an individual's smart phone, whether or to what extent the Fourth Amendment
tolerates the government (1) duplicating the entire digital contents of the
phone, (2) retaining that digital data indefinitely, and (3) warrantlessly
searching that data in perpetuity?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fourth Amendment tolerates the government duplicating, retaining, and warrantlessly searching the entire digital contents of a smartphone after obtaining consent to search specific information
Docket Entries
2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-10
Waiver of right of respondent Wisconsin to respond filed.
2021-11-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 16, 2021)
Attorneys
George Burch
Ana Lyn Babcock — Babcock Law, LLC, Petitioner
Wisconsin
Sarah Lynn Burgundy — Wisconsin Department of Justice, Respondent