No. 25-112
Okello T. Chatrie v. United States
Tags: cell-phone-privacy exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment geofence-warrant law-enforcement-search probable-cause
Latest Conference:
2026-01-16
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the execution of the geofence warrant violated the Fourth Amendment.
2. Whether the exclusionary rule should apply to the evidence derived from the geofence warrant.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the execution of a geofence warrant by law enforcement seeking cell phone location data without a particularized warrant violates the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches
Docket Entries
2026-02-25
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
2026-02-23
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
2026-02-23
Brief of petitioner Okello Chatrie filed.
2026-02-23
Consent Motion for Leave to File One Volume of the Joint Appendix Under Seal of Okello Chatrie submitted.
2026-02-23
Joint Appendix submitted.
2026-02-23
Brief of Okello Chatrie submitted.
2026-02-11
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 27, 2026.
2026-01-16
Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
2026-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
2025-12-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-08
Reply of petitioner Okello Chatrie filed. (Distributed)
2025-12-08
Reply of Okello Chatrie submitted.
2025-11-24
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2025-11-24
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2025-10-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 24, 2025.
2025-10-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 29, 2025 to November 24, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-10-23
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-09-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 29, 2025.
2025-09-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 29, 2025 to October 29, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-09-22
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-08-29
Brief amicus curiae of X Corp. filed.
2025-08-29
Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc. filed.
2025-08-29
Amicus brief of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc. submitted.
2025-08-29
Amicus brief of X Corp. submitted.
2025-08-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 29, 2025.
2025-08-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 29, 2025 to September 29, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-08-20
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-07-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 29, 2025)
Attorneys
Center for Democracy & Technology
Okello Chatrie
Adam G. Unikowsky — Jenner & Block LLP, Petitioner
Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc.
Gene Clayton Schaerr — Schaerr | Jaffe, Amicus
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
X Corp.
Mark Miller — Pacific Legal Foundation, Amicus