No. 25-6489
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: computer-privacy consent-search fourth-amendment law-enforcement third-party-consent warrantless-search
Latest Conference:
2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the Fourth Amendment requires law enforcement to make sufficient inquiries as to the authority of a third person to consent to a warrantless search of a computer hard drive.
2. Whether state courts must employ the sufficient inquiry test when reviewing a Fourth Amendment challenge to a warrantless search of a computer hard drive based upon the apparent authority of a third person.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fourth Amendment requires law enforcement to make sufficient inquiries as to the authority of a third person to consent to a warrantless search of a computer hard drive
Docket Entries
2026-02-23
Petition DENIED.
2026-01-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-23
Waiver of The State of Nevada of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-23
Waiver of right of respondent The State of Nevada to respond filed.
2025-12-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 5, 2026)
Attorneys
Jason William Dobbs
Thomas Lloyd Qualls — Washoe County Alternate Public Defender, Petitioner
The State of Nevada
Jennifer Patricia Noble — Washoe County District Attorney, Respondent