No. 16-402
 
Title: Timothy Ivory Carpenter, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed: September 28, 2016
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (14-1572)
   Decision Date: April 13, 2016
   Rehearing Denied: June 29, 2016
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 26 2016 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 28, 2016)
Oct 21 2016 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 28, 2016.
Oct 28 2016 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed.
Oct 28 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Nov 21 2016 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 28, 2016.
Dec 15 2016 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including January 27, 2016.
Jan 27 2017 Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Feb 10 2017 Reply of petitioner Timothy Ivory Carpenter filed.
Feb 15 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 3, 2017.
Feb 23 2017 Rescheduled.
Mar 22 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 13, 2017.
Apr 17 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 21, 2017.
Apr 24 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 28, 2017.
May 08 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 11, 2017.
May 15 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 18, 2017.
May 22 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2017.
May 30 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 1, 2017.
Jun 05 2017 Petition GRANTED.
Jun 22 2017 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 7, 2017.
Jun 22 2017 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 25, 2017.
Jul 11 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party received from counsel for the petitioner.
Jul 12 2017 Motion for leave to proceed further herein in forma pauperis filed by petitioner Timothy I. Carpenter.
Jul 12 2017 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner Timothy I. Carpenter.
Jul 26 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either or neither party received from counsel for the respondent.
Aug 02 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/25/2017.
Aug 07 2017 Joint appendix filed.
Aug 07 2017 Brief of petitioner Timothy I. Carpenter filed.
Aug 11 2017 Brief amici curiae of Data & Society Research Institute and Fifteen scholars of Technology and Society filed.
Aug 11 2017 Brief amici curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute, et al. filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Democracy and Technology filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of Empirical Fourth Amendment Scholars filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of The Center for Competitive Politics, et al. filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of Scholars of the History and Original Meaning of the Fourth Amendment filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of Technology Companies in support of neither party filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Criminal Procedure and Privacy filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of Institute for Justice, et al. filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of United States Justice Foundation, et al. filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of Technology Experts filed.
Sep 25 2017 Brief of respondent United States filed.
Sep 29 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Michael Varco filed.
Oct 02 2017 Motion for leave to proceed further herein in forma pauperis granted by the Court
Oct 02 2017 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED and Harold Gurewitz, Esquire, of Detroit, Michigan, is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case.
Oct 02 2017 Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.
Oct 02 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Orin S. Kerr filed.
Oct 02 2017 Brief amicus curiae of National District Attorneys Association filed.
Oct 06 2017 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Oct 12 2017 CIRCULATED
Oct 18 2017 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit.
Oct 23 2017 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit is electronic.
Oct 24 2017 Reply of petitioner Timothy I. Carpenter filed. (Distributed)
Nov 29 2017 Argued. For petitioner: Nathan F. Wessler, New York, N. Y. For respondent: Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 22 2018 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jul 24 2018 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Harold Gurewitz
Counsel of Record
Gurewitz and Raben, PLC
333 West Fort St., Suite 1400
Detroit, MI 48226
hgurewitz@grplc.com
Ph: 313-628-4733
Party name: Timothy I. Carpenter


Nathan F. Wessler
ACLU Foundation
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
nwessler@aclu.org
Ph: (212) 549-2500
Party name: Timothy Ivory Carpenter


Attorneys for Respondents
Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: United States


Other Attorneys
Amitabh Agarwal
Counsel of Record
Holland & Knight
315 South Calhoun Street Suite 600
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Amit.Agarwal@hklaw.com
Ph: (850) 224-7000
Party name: The States of Alabama, et al.


John M. Castellano
Counsel of Record
125-01 Queens Boulevard
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
jmcastellano@queensda.org
Ph: 718-286-5801
Party name: National District Attorneys Association


Andrew Gellis Crocker
Counsel of Record
Electronic Frontier Foundation
815 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
andrew@eff.org
Ph: (415) 436-9333
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al.


James W. Harper
Counsel of Record
Competitive Enterprise Institute
1310 L St., NW, 7th Fl.
Washington, DC 20005
jimharperdc@earthlink.net
Ph: 202-331-1010
Party name: Competitive Enterprise Institute, et al.


Dorothy Alicia Hickok
Counsel of Record
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
One Logan Square
Suite 2000
Philadelphia, PA 19103
ALICIA.HICKOK@FAEGREDRINKER.COM
Ph: 215-988-3364
Party name: The Rutherford Institute


Wesley Patrick Hottot
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
555 Capitol Mall
Suite 1290
Sacramento, CA 95814
WHottot@pacificlegal.org
Ph: 916-419-7111
Party name: Institute for Justice, et al.


Orin S. Kerr
Counsel of Record
2000 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
okerr@law.gwu.edu
Ph: (202) 994-4775
Party name: Professor Orin S. Kerr


Robert Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson P.C.
370 Maple Avenue West, Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180-5615
wjo@mindspring.com
Ph: 703-356-5070
Party name: United States Justice Foundation, et al.


Andrew John Pincus
Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
APINCUS@MAYERBROWN.COM
Ph: 202-263-3000
Party name: Center for Democracy & Technology


Marc Rotenberg
Counsel of Record
Electronic Privacy Information Center
1519 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
rotenberg@epic.org
Ph: 2024831140
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al.


Harry Sandick
Counsel of Record
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
HSANDICK@PBWT.COM
Ph: (212)336-2000
Party name: Scholars of Criminal Procedure and Privacy


Sarah O'Rourke Schrup
Counsel of Record
Northwestern Supreme Court Practicum
357 East Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
s-schrup@law.northwestern.edu
Ph: (312) 503-0063
Party name: Empirical Fourth Amendment Scholars


Andrew David Selbst
Counsel of Record
36 W. 20th Street, 11th Fl.
New York, NY 10011
andrew@datasociety.net
Ph: 617-504-1982
Party name: Data & Society Research Institute and fifteen scholars of technology and society


Mahesha Padmanabhan Subbaraman
Counsel of Record
Subbaraman PLLC
80 S. 8th St., Suite 900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
MPS@SUBBLAW.COM
Ph: 612-315-9210
Party name: Restore the Fourth, Inc.


Michael Anthony Varco
Counsel of Record
Michael Varco
P.O. Box 2548
Reston, VA 20195
m_varco@yahoo.com
Ph: 7036797752
Party name: Michael Varco


Seth P. Waxman
Counsel of Record
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
2100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20037
SETH.WAXMAN@WILMERHALE.COM
Ph: 202-663-6000
Party name: Technology Companies in support of neither party


Alexander Abraham Abdo
Knight First Amendment Inst. at Columbia Univ.
475 Riverside Drive Suite 302
New York, NY 10115
alex.abdo@knightcolumbia.org
Ph: 6467458500
Party name: Technology Experts


Gorod Brianne
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW, Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036
brianne@theusconstition.org
Ph: 292-296-6889
Party name: Scholars of History and Original Meaning of the Fourth Amendment


Bruce D. Brown
1156 15th St., NW
Suite 1250
Washington, DC 20005
bbrown@rcfp.org
Ph: 202-795-9300
Party name: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al.


Allen Joseph Dickerson
Institute for Free Speech
1150 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 801
Washington, DC 20036
adickerson@ifs.org
Ph: (202) 301-9000
Party name: The Center for Competitive Politics, et al.


James W. Harper
Cato Institute
1000 Massachuetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
jharper@cato.org
Ph: (202) 842-0200
Party name: Cato Institute


Jennifer Lynch
Electronic Frontier Foundation
815 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
jlynch@eff.org
Ph: (415)-436-9333
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al.