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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
Pending
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
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- 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)