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Jason William Dobbs v. Nevada
IFP petition · Supreme Court of Nevada, No. 89954 · judgment August 14, 2025
Questions presented
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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.
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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
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jan 29 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 23 2026Waiver of right of respondent The State of Nevada to respond filed.
- Dec 29 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 5, 2026)