Browse 26 fourth amendment search and seizure cases decided by D.C. Circuit. AI-powered summaries, holdings, and legal analysis.
D.C. Circuit Upholds Warrantless Search of M/T Arina Cargo
United States v. All Petroleum-Product Cargo Onboard the M/T Arina, decided by D.C. Circuit on April 21, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court's denia...
D.C. Circuit Upholds Cell Phone Search Incident to Arrest
United States v. Jeffrey Williamson, decided by D.C. Circuit on December 12, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Jeffrey Williamson's mo...
Court Upholds Warrantless Seizure of Electronic Devices at Border
Nicolas Talbott v. USA, decided by D.C. Circuit on December 9, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the government's warrantless seizure of Nicolas Talbott's electronic...
D.C. Circuit Upholds Cell Phone Search Incident to Arrest
United States v. Derrek Arrington, decided by D.C. Circuit on December 2, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Derrek Arrington's motion ...
Seizure of electronic devices incident to arrest upheld
United States v. Michael Rosebar, decided by D.C. Circuit on November 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the government's warrantless seizure of a defendant's ele...
D.C. Circuit Affirms FMCSA's Denial of Medical Waiver for Commercial Driver
Jorge Lujan v. FMCSA, decided by D.C. Circuit on November 13, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The D.C. Circuit reviewed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) denial of J...
Border searches of electronic devices are permissible without a warrant
United States v. Jonathan Johnson, decided by D.C. Circuit on November 4, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the government's warrantless search of Jonathan Johnson's...
D.C. Circuit Upholds Cell Phone Search Incident to Lawful Arrest
United States v. Mark Clark, decided by D.C. Circuit on October 10, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Mark Clark's motion to suppress ...
Border searches of electronic devices are constitutional
United States v. Ngozi Pole, decided by D.C. Circuit on August 29, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the government's warrantless search of a defendant's electronic ...
Laptop seizure lawful based on reasonable suspicion, court rules
United States v. Rowena Scott, decided by D.C. Circuit on August 29, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the government's warrantless seizure of a defendant's laptop, ...
CSLI Warrant for Historical Data Upheld Under Fourth Amendment
United States v. Aaron Thorpe, decided by D.C. Circuit on August 26, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the government's use of a cell-site location information (CSLI...
Stingray Cell Phone Tracking Requires Warrant, But Not Here
United States v. Ronnard Williams, decided by D.C. Circuit on August 26, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the government's use of a "stingray" device to track a def...
D.C. Circuit Upholds Warrantless Cell Phone Search Under Exigent Circumstances
United States v. Demetrius Green, decided by D.C. Circuit on August 12, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Demetrius Green's motion to ...
Cell phone seizure incident to arrest upheld under Fourth Amendment
United States v. Ramiro Lozano, decided by D.C. Circuit on August 12, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the government's warrantless seizure of a cell phone from Ram...
D.C. Circuit Upholds "Stop and Frisk" Policy Under Fourth Amendment
Michael Hurd, Jr. v. DC, decided by D.C. Circuit on August 5, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the District of Columbia's "stop and frisk" policy, which allowed off...
Appeals Court Upholds Search Warrant and Conviction in Drug Case
United States v. David Paitsel, decided by D.C. Circuit on August 1, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The defendant, David Paitsel, was convicted of multiple federal offenses, including cons...
Appeals court upholds warrantless vehicle search based on probable cause
United States v. Anthony Glover, decided by D.C. Circuit on July 22, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The defendant, Anthony Glover, was convicted of multiple firearms offenses. On appeal, G...
Warrantless CSLI collection is a Fourth Amendment search, court rules
Travis LeBlanc v. United States Privacy and Civil Liberties, decided by D.C. Circuit on July 18, 2025, resulted in a reversed outcome. The core dispute centered on whether the government's warrantless...
Laptop search at border upheld under Fourth Amendment exception
Adam Steele v. United States, decided by D.C. Circuit on July 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the admissibility of evidence obtained from a warrantless search of Adam ...
Warrantless Cell-Site Location Data Collection Violates Fourth Amendment
Travis LeBlanc v. United States Privacy and Civil Liberties, decided by D.C. Circuit on June 2, 2025, resulted in a reversed outcome. The core dispute involved whether the government's warrantless col...
Court Affirms Dismissal of Carter Page's Claims Against James Comey
Carter Page v. James Comey, decided by D.C. Circuit on May 23, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Carter Page, sued former FBI Director James Comey for alleged violations of his...
Phone search upheld under automobile exception
United States v. Luz Fajardo Campos, decided by D.C. Circuit on May 23, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the admissibility of evidence obtained from a warrantless search of...
Appellate Court Upholds Drug Conviction, Affirming Warrantless Vehicle Search
United States v. Gerardo Gonzalez-Valencia, decided by D.C. Circuit on April 11, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The defendant, Gerardo Gonzalez-Valencia, appealed his conviction for drug t...
Border search exception applies to warrantless laptop searches at the border
Nicolas Talbott v. United States, decided by D.C. Circuit on April 9, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the admissibility of evidence obtained from a warrantless search of N...
Cell phone seizure lawful, but search without warrant unlawful
United States v. Dan Wilson, decided by D.C. Circuit on April 2, 2025, resulted in a mixed outcome. The case concerns whether the government's warrantless seizure of a suspect's cell phone, and its su...
Court Suppresses Evidence Due to Lack of Probable Cause in Search Warrant
Cathy Harris v. Scott Bessent, decided by D.C. Circuit on April 1, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The plaintiff, Cathy Harris, sued the defendant, Scott Bessent, alleging that he violated ...
CaseLawBrief currently tracks 26 fourth amendment search and seizure cases from D.C. Circuit. This number is updated as new opinions are published.
Outcome breakdown: Defendant Win: 22, Reversed: 2, Mixed: 1, Plaintiff Win: 1.
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