Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →

Michael Francis v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 24-1386 · judgment March 24, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025

Question presented

Were Petitioner’s Fourth Amendment rights violated when an FBI Agent, acting on information from an informant, obtained a search warrant for Petitioner’s car from a Magistrate, but the FBI Agent deliberately withheld from the affidavit in support of the warrant the facts that the informant had been convicted of a felony crime of dishonesty and had lied to the police when arrested, such that the FBI Agent, rather than the Magistrate, made the determination of whether the informant was reliable and credible?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Richard C. Guerriero Jr.
Lothstein Guerriero PLLC

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 17 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jul 14 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jun 23 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 7, 2025)