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Gregory Allen Williamson v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-12038 · judgment June 30, 2026
Question presented
I. Whether email service providers and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children act as government entities when they conduct hash value searches of private email accounts? II. Whether the private search doctrine applies when email service providers conduct hash value searches of private email accounts, but no human being reviews the alleged contraband located therein? III. Whether the Good Faith Exception can Apply to Save a Facially Overbroad Search Warrant when the Same Law Enforcement Officer is Both the Affiant and the Executing Officer?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Bjorn Erik Brunvand
Brunvand, Wise & Farinella Law Group
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 15 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2026.
- Oct 08 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 28 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 4, 2026)