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Christopher Todd Boudreau v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-4092 · judgment September 16, 2025
Question presented
Whether the Fourth Amendment permits a warrant to authorize a search of a residence and the seizure of all electronic devices within it based on generalized assumptions about digital evidence, where the government has already obtained the device used in the alleged offense and identifies no case-specific facts linking additional devices to the home.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David Mattingley
diStefano & Mattingley
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
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, June 8, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jun 08 2026Petition DENIED.
- May 20 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2026.
- May 14 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Apr 17 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 29, 2026)