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Jose Angel Serrano v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-7229 · judgment December 30, 2025
Certiorari denied · October 5, 2026
Question presented
Should the “private search” exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment be expanded to permit law enforcement to use a private party to conduct a search on the basis the private party had an independent motivation to conduct a search? -prefix-
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John Owen Lanahan
Law Office of John Lanahan
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, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jul 30 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 24 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jun 18 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 10, 2026)