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Marcos Mendez v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 23-1460 · judgment June 10, 2024
Certiorari denied · January 13, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether the Government may conduct a warrantless search of the electronic contents of a person’s cell phone at the border.
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Whether the Government may conduct a suspicionless search of the electronic contents of a person’s cell phone at the border.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert Joseph Lane Robertson
Robertson Duric
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Jan 13 2025Petition DENIED.
- Dec 11 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
- Dec 10 2024Reply of petitioner Marcos Mendez filed. (Distributed)
- Nov 27 2024Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Oct 18 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 27, 2024.
- Oct 17 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 28, 2024 to November 27, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 27 2024Response Requested. (Due October 28, 2024)
- Sep 25 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
- Sep 20 2024Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 09 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 17, 2024)