No. 24-5092

Moises Orlando Zelaya-Veliz, Jose Eliezar Molina-Veliz, Luis Alberto Gonzales, Gilberto Morales, and Jonathan Rafael Zelaya-Veliz v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-07-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: digital-privacy facebook-data fourth-amendment government-scrutiny probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant social-media temporal-limitation warrant
Latest Conference: 2024-11-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does the Fourth Amendment prohibit the issuance of apparent "all-data"
warrants for Facebook accounts without any temporal limitation whatsoever,
where the warrants resulted in exposing potentially more than a decade of the
subject's personal information and communications to government scrutiny?

2. Does the Fourth Amendment prohibit the issuance of apparent "all-data"
warrants for Facebook accounts for a period of 18 months or longer, where the
warrants demanded all conceivable contents of the accounts during that time
period, including the account owners' GPS information for eight months prior
to the alleged crimes, even though the alleged incidents occurred over a less
than a two-month period?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Fourth Amendment prohibit the issuance of apparent 'all-data' warrants for Facebook accounts without any temporal limitation or for a period of 18 months or longer?

Docket Entries

2024-11-18
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024.
2024-10-16
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2024-08-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 16, 2024.
2024-08-27
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2024-08-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 16, 2024 to October 16, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-08-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 16, 2024.
2024-08-08
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2024-08-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 15, 2024 to September 16, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-07-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 15, 2024)
2024-06-11
Application (23A1100) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 13, 2024.
2024-06-06
Application (23A1100) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 13, 2024 to July 13, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Moises Zelaya-Veliz, et al.
Joseph Douglas KingKing-Campbell, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent