No. 24A518

Zackary Ellis Sanders v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-26
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: child-pornography circuit-split criminal-procedure electronic-data forfeiture-law property-rights
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether under 18 U.S.C. § 2253(a), electronic data files are distinct forms of property from the physical devices or medium on which they are stored.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether electronic data files stored on forfeitable devices constitute distinct 'property' under 18 U.S.C. § 2253(a) that can be separately returned when the physical device is subject to forfeiture

Docket Entries

2024-11-27
Application (24A518) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 3, 2025.
2024-11-22
Application (24A518) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 5, 2024 to February 3, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Zackary Sanders
Nina Jean GinsbergDiMuro, Ginsberg & Lieberman, Petitioner