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Mark Ringland v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 19-2331 · judgment July 16, 2020
Before the decision, about 1.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, an Eighth Circuit decision below, and a petition citing one or two dissents.
Question presented
Whether compelling someone’s emails from his or her electronic service provider and opening them is a trespass, and therefore a “search,” under the Fourth Amendment, or whether the reasonable-expectations analysis in United States v. Jacobsen, 466 U.S. 109, 120-21 (1984), justifies disregarding the trespass test altogether. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Amir H. Ali
Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center
For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Order
Order list, June 21, 2021 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jun 21 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jun 01 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
- Jun 01 2021Reply of petitioner Mark Ringland filed. (Distributed)
- May 17 2021Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Apr 14 2021Brief amici curiae of DKT Liberty Project, et al. filed.
- Apr 08 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 17, 2021.
- Apr 07 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 16, 2021 to May 17, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 17 2021Response Requested. (Due April 16, 2021)
- Mar 10 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
- Mar 04 2021Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Feb 25 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 1, 2021)