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Ronell Moses, Jr. v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 23-3078 · judgment July 3, 2025
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 a defendant’s actual use of an area adjacent to his home is relevant to whether that area is curtilage under the Fourth Amendment, as four circuits have held, or whether a court should disregard any evidence beyond a police officer’s objective observations at the time of the search, as three circuits have held.
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Whether a portion of a driveway immediately adjacent to a home is curtilage under the Fourth Amendment. (I)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jasmine Sola
Federal Public Defender, Western District of PA
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 23 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 23 2025Reply of petitioner Ronell Moses, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 03 2025Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Nov 03 2025Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, et al. filed.
- Oct 31 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 3, 2025.
- Oct 29 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 3, 2025 to December 3, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 01 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 3, 2025)