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James Patrick Burns v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-4599 · judgment October 29, 2025
Questions presented
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Whether individuals retain a reasonable expectation of privacy in IP addresses and basic subscriber information associated with their online accounts?
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Whether this Court should grant the petition, vacate the decision below, and remand after its decision in Chatrie v. United States, No. 25-112, which will likely provide greater guidance on a reasonable expectation of privacy in electronic data?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Rohit Subramaniam Rajan
Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada
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
Proceedings
- Oct 09 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 12, 2026.
- Oct 08 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 13, 2026 to November 12, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 10 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 13, 2026.
- Sep 09 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 10, 2026 to October 13, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 11 2026Response Requested. (Due September 10, 2026)
- Jun 18 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jun 09 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- May 18 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 2, 2026)