Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →

Adrienne L. Clark v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, No. 25-0208 · judgment September 22, 2025


Certiorari denied · March 30, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

The questions presented are:

  1. Whether the Fourth Amendment is violated when evidence seized outside the scope of a search warrant is admitted in a military trial?

  2. Whether the Fifth Amendment is violated when an appellate court affirms a conviction despite the Government failing to prove that its evidence was not derived from the defendant’s immunized statements?

  3. Does the Constitution preclude a court-martial panel of lay members from convicting a defendant of a criminal offense by a nonunanimous vote?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Megan Renee Crouch
U.S. Air Force, Appellate Defense Division

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
25A536

Proceedings

  1. Mar 30 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 11 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
  3. Mar 09 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Feb 18 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2026)
  5. Nov 13 2025
    Application (25A536) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 19, 2026.
  6. Nov 05 2025
    Application (25A536) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 21, 2025 to February 19, 2026, submitted to The Chief Justice.