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Jason William Dobbs v. Nevada

IFP petition · Supreme Court of Nevada, No. 89954 · judgment August 14, 2025


Certiorari denied · February 23, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Fourth Amendment requires law enforcement to make sufficient inquiries as to the authority of a third person to consent to a warrantless search of a computer hard drive.

  2. Whether state courts must employ the sufficient inquiry test when reviewing a Fourth Amendment challenge to a warrantless search of a computer hard drive based upon the apparent authority of a third person.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thomas Lloyd Qualls
Washoe County Alternate Public Defender

For respondent
Jennifer Patricia Noble
Washoe County District Attorney

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, February 23, 2026 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Feb 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 29 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
  3. Jan 23 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent The State of Nevada to respond filed.
  4. Dec 29 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 5, 2026)