No. 25-5814

Jaylyn Devell McGhee v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights fourth-amendment home-entry implied-license law-enforcement search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2025-11-14 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, consistent with the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, law enforcement may exceed the implied license to approach the front door of a home by walking away from the front entry of the home and through the front yard to peer into a fenced-in side yard in search of evidence.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether law enforcement may exceed the implied license to approach a home's front door by walking through the front yard to peer into a fenced-in side yard in search of evidence

Docket Entries

2025-11-17
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
2025-10-22
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-10-06
Motion (25M15) Granted.
2025-10-06
Motion Granted.
2025-08-20
Motion (25M15) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-05-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 6, 2025)
2025-05-23
Motion of petitioner for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.

Attorneys

Jaylyn McGhee
Jessica Marie DonelsParrish Kruidenier Law Firm, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent