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Katrina Lawson v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-10561 · judgment June 23, 2025


Certiorari denied · December 15, 2025

Questions presented

  1. Whether the i warrantless seizure of a cell phone from a private closet during a lawful arrest, without either a warrant, or the owner's consent absent exigent circumstances, followed by a prolonged delay before obtaining a search warrant to search the device, complies with the Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures?

  2. Whether a 12-day delay obtaining a search warrant for a cell phone seized as incident to an arrest is unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment, where the government only offered ministerial and administrative explanations to justify the delay?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Katrina Lawson

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 15 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 26 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
  3. Nov 18 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Sep 18 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 8, 2025)