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Adrienne L. Clark v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, No. 25-0208 · judgment September 22, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
The questions presented are:
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Whether the Fourth Amendment is violated when evidence seized outside the scope of a search warrant is admitted in a military trial?
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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?
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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
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
25A536
Order
Order list, March 30, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 30 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 11 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
- Mar 09 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Feb 18 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2026)
- Nov 13 2025Application (25A536) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 19, 2026.
- Nov 05 2025Application (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.