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Hammond v. United States

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on April 25, 2022.

Docket No.21-752
Op. Below7th Cir.

Issue

(1) Whether a government agent"s direction to a wireless carrier to send a signal to a person"s phone, so that the phone reveals the person"s precise location and movements in real time, is a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment; and (2) whether a government agent"s good faith but objectively incorrect reading of a statute prevents the exclusion of constitutionally tainted evidence in a criminal trial.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Nov 17, 2021
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 20, 2021)
Dec 15, 2021
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 20, 2021 to January 19, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
Dec 17, 2021
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 19, 2022.
Dec 20, 2021
Amicus brief of Rutherford Institute, et al. not accepted for filing. (December 23, 2021) (Corrected PDF will be submitted)
Dec 20, 2021
Brief amici curiae of Rutherford Institute, et al. filed.
Jan 11, 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 19, 2022 to February 18, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 12, 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 18, 2022.
Feb 11, 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 18, 2022 to March 21, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
Feb 14, 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 21, 2022.
Mar 21, 2022
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Apr 5, 2022
Reply of petitioner Rex Hammond filed. (Distributed)
Apr 6, 2022
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
Apr 25, 2022
Petition DENIED.

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