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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

  1. Whether the Government may conduct a warrantless search of the electronic contents of a person’s cell phone at the border.

  2. 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

  1. Jan 13 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 11 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
  3. Dec 10 2024
    Reply of petitioner Marcos Mendez filed. (Distributed)
  4. Nov 27 2024
    Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
  5. Oct 18 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 27, 2024.
  6. Oct 17 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 28, 2024 to November 27, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Sep 27 2024
    Response Requested. (Due October 28, 2024)
  8. Sep 25 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
  9. Sep 20 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  10. Sep 09 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 17, 2024)