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Reply of petitioner Okello Chatrie filed (April 17, 2026). (Distributed)
Reply of Okello Chatrie not accepted for filing. (April 17, 2026 - to be resubmitted).
Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Orin S. Kerr filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Iowa, et al. filed. (Distributed)
CIRCULATED
Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
Sealed material electronically received from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and available with the Clerk.
Motion for leave to file Volume III of the joint appendix under seal GRANTED.
Brief amici curiae of Software & Information Industry Association and Computer & Communications Industry Association in support of neither party filed.
Brief amicus curiae of The Policing Project at New York University School of Law in support of neither party filed.
Brief amici curiae of Technologists in support of neither party filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Microsoft Corporation in support of neither party filed.
Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute in support of neither party filed.
Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice in support of neither party filed.
Brief amicus curiae of James W. Harper in support of neither party filed.
Sealed material received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and available with the Clerk. The remainder of the record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Brief amici curiae of Law & Technology, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
Brief amici curiae of Eight Law Professors filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
Brief amicus curiae of NetChoice filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Brief amici curiae of The Innocence Project and the Center on Race, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of X Corp. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Brian L. Owsley filed.
Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Google LLC filed.
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of The Press, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Center for Democracy & Technology, et al. filed.
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Brief of petitioner Okello Chatrie filed.
Motion for leave to file Volume III of the joint appendix under seal filed by petitioner Okello Chatrie.
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Reply of petitioner Okello Chatrie filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 24, 2025.
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 29, 2025 to November 24, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 29, 2025.
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 29, 2025 to October 29, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of X Corp. filed.
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 29, 2025.
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 29, 2025 to September 29, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 29, 2025)
Okello Chatrie, Petitioner, represented by Adam G. Unikowsky
Okello Chatrie, Petitioner, represented by Michael William Price
United States, Respondent, represented by D. John Sauer
American Center for Law and Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Alan Sekulow
American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jennifer Stisa Granick
Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael David Pepson
America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, Virginia Citizens Defense League, Virginia Citizens Defense Foundation, Tennessee Firearms Association, Tennessee Firearms Foundation, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Jeffrey Olson
Brian L. Owsley, Amicus Curiae, represented by Stuart Banner
Cato Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew P. Cavedon
Center for Democracy & Technology, Amicus Curiae, represented by Katelyn Nichole Ringrose
Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod
Eight Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Megan Kathleen Graham
Google LLC, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott A. Keller
Institute for Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Gaelen Wrench
Iowa, Michigan, 29 States and the District of Columbia, Amicus Curiae, represented by Eric Harris Wessan
James W. Harper, Amicus Curiae, represented by James W. Harper
Law & Technology and Fourth Amendment Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alan Jay Butler
Liberty Justice Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Michael Schwab
Microsoft Corporation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ari Benjamin Asher Holtzblatt
NetChoice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Luther McCloud
New Civil Liberties Alliance, Amicus Curiae, represented by Markham Sterling Chenoweth
Professor Orin S. Kerr, Amicus Curiae, represented by Orin S. Kerr
Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Gene Clayton Schaerr
Restore the Fourth, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Mahesha Padmanabhan Subbaraman
Software & Information Industry Association and Computer & Communications Industry Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anne Margaret Voigts
Technologists, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher Theodore Bavitz
The Innocence Project and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at New York University School of Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Connolly Dugan
The Local Government Legal Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Ryan McCarthy
The Policing Project at New York University School of Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nicholas Robert Rosellini
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of The Press, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, and Foundation for Individual Rights, Amicus Curiae, represented by Bruce David Brown
The Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ethan Haller Townsend
X Corp., Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark Miller