Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →
George Anibowei v. Todd Blanche, Attorney General, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-11042 · judgment November 19, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
About 6.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a Fifth Circuit decision below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.
Question presented
Whether the Fourth Amendment permits border agents to search the digital contents of a traveler’s cell phone without a warrant.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Andrew Timothy Tutt
Trial Lawyers for Justice
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
Amicus briefs
10 cert-stage
Linked docket
25A1335
Proceedings
- Sep 29 2026Response Requested. (Due October 29, 2026)
- Sep 23 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2026.
- Sep 18 2026Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
- Sep 18 2026Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
- Sep 18 2026Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
- Sep 18 2026Brief amici curiae of Fourth Amendment Scholars filed.
- Sep 18 2026Brief amicus curiae of Professor Morgan Cloud filed.
- Sep 18 2026Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
- Sep 18 2026Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
- Sep 18 2026Brief amicus curiae of Haitian Bridge Alliance filed. (Distributed)
- Sep 16 2026Brief amicus curiae of Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association filed.
- Sep 15 2026Brief amicus curiae of Max Blumenthal filed.
- Sep 14 2026Waiver of right of respondent Federal Respondents to respond filed.
- Aug 14 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 18, 2026)
- Jul 09 2026Application (25A1335) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 17, 2026.
- Jun 25 2026Application (25A1335) to extend further the time from July 18, 2026 to August 17, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.
- Jun 03 2026Application (25A1335) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 18, 2026.
- May 22 2026Application (25A1335) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 18, 2026 to August 17, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.