No. 22-6053

Charles Skaggs, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-11-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: border-search border-searches electronic-device electronic-devices fourth-amendment probable-cause reasonable-suspicion warrant-requirement warrantless-search
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Does the Fourth Amendment require that searches of electronic
devices at the United States border be conducted pursuant to a warrant based on
probable cause or, at the very least, pursuant to a reasonable suspicion that the
devices contain evidence of a crime related to the rationale behind the border
search exception?

II. Whether a defendant's conduct of filming a minor using the
bathroom and taking a shower caused the minor to engage in sexually explicit
conduct under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) where all of the minor's actions on film do not
qualify under the statutory definition of "sexually explicit conduct?"

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Fourth Amendment require warrants for border searches of electronic devices?

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-11-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-11-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2022)
2022-08-16
Application (22A142) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until November 4, 2022.
2022-08-05
Application (22A142) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 5, 2022 to November 4, 2022, submitted to Justice Barrett.

Attorneys

Charles Skaggs, Jr.
Johanna Maria ChristiansenFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent