Online privacy and government searches
Blocker v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Adam Blocker asks the Supreme Court to decide whether agreeing that a file-service provider may inspect and share his files lets the government search them without a warrant. His petition argues that the Court’s decision in Chatrie supports his position.
- What's at stake
- The unresolved question is whether Blocker’s service agreement authorizes the government to search his files without a warrant.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Blocker argues that the Supreme Court’s Chatrie decision supports his position that using a technology service does not by itself give up privacy protections.
Question presented
Whether—in light of Chatrie—a user’s agreement to terms of service reserving the service-provider’s right to review a user’s files and disclose them to third parties authorizes a warrantless governmental search of those files?
What happens next
The next step is for the Court to decide whether to hear the case. No oral argument is scheduled.
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Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.