Searches of abandoned property
Lodge v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Austin Lodge's case asks whether courts deciding if someone gave up property and lost Fourth Amendment protection may consider facts unknown to police, and how appeals courts should review that decision.
- What's at stake
- Lodge’s petition leaves unresolved whether his Fourth Amendment claim depends on facts known to police and how an appeals court should review an abandonment finding.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Lodge has filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to consider those questions.
The petition concerns the Fourth Amendment rule that a person loses search protection in property they have abandoned.
Question presented
1. Whether a court should consider all facts, or only those known to police, to decide whether a person has abandoned property and thereby lost Fourth Amendment rights in it. 2. Whether an appellate court should review the ultimate determination of abandonment de novo or only for clear error.
What happens next
The Court’s next step is to decide whether to hear the petition. No oral argument or decision date is set.
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