Border searches of digital devices
Jose Alejandro Belmonte Cardozo v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Jose Alejandro Belmonte Cardozo asked the Supreme Court to hear his challenge to border agents searching a traveler’s cell-phone contents without a warrant or individualized suspicion.
- What's at stake
- For Cardozo, the immediate question is whether the Supreme Court will review his challenge; the Court has not decided the constitutional issue.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The United States prosecuted Cardozo in federal court, and he appealed before asking the Supreme Court to review the phone-search issue.
Question presented
Whether the Fourth Amendment permits border agents to search the digital?
What happens next
The Court must decide whether to hear the petition. No oral argument or decision date is set.
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