No. 25-112
Title:
Okello T. Chatrie, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed:
July 30, 2025
Lower Ct:
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Case Numbers:
(22-4489)
Decision Date:
April 30, 2025
Questions Presented
Proceedings and Orders
Jul 28 2025
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 29, 2025)
Petition
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Aug 20 2025
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 29, 2025 to September 29, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Aug 21 2025
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 29, 2025.
Aug 29 2025
Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc. filed.
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Aug 29 2025
Brief amicus curiae of X Corp. filed.
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Sep 22 2025
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 29, 2025 to October 29, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Sep 23 2025
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 29, 2025.
Oct 23 2025
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 29, 2025 to November 24, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Oct 24 2025
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 24, 2025.
Nov 24 2025
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
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Dec 08 2025
Reply of petitioner Okello Chatrie filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 10 2025
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
Jan 12 2026
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
Jan 16 2026
Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Feb 11 2026
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 27, 2026.
Feb 23 2026
Brief of petitioner Okello Chatrie filed.
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Feb 23 2026
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Feb 23 2026
Motion for leave to file Volume III of the joint appendix under seal filed by petitioner Okello Chatrie.
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Feb 25 2026
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Feb 27 2026
Brief amici curiae of Center for Democracy & Technology, et al. filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amici curiae of Eight Law Professors filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amicus curiae of NetChoice filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc. filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amici curiae of The Innocence Project and the Center on Race, et al. filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amicus curiae of X Corp. filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amicus curiae of Brian L. Owsley filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amici curiae of Law & Technology, et al. filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amicus curiae of Google LLC filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
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Mar 02 2026
Brief amici curiae of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of The Press, et al. filed.
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Mar 03 2026
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.
Mar 09 2026
Motion for leave to file Volume III of the joint appendix under seal GRANTED.
Mar 09 2026
Brief amicus curiae of James W. Harper in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 09 2026
Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 09 2026
Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 09 2026
Brief amicus curiae of Microsoft Corporation in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 09 2026
Brief amici curiae of Technologists in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 09 2026
Brief amicus curiae of The Policing Project at New York University School of Law in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 09 2026
Brief amici curiae of Software & Information Industry Association and Computer & Communications Industry Association in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 16 2026
Sealed material electronically received from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and available with the Clerk.
Mar 25 2026
Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 30 2026
CIRCULATED
Apr 01 2026
Brief amici curiae of Iowa, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 01 2026
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Orin S. Kerr filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 01 2026
Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 17 2026
Reply of Okello Chatrie not accepted for filing. (April 17, 2026 - to be resubmitted).
Apr 17 2026
Reply of petitioner Okello Chatrie filed (April 17, 2026). (Distributed)
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Apr 27 2026
Argued. For petitioner: Adam G. Unikowsky, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Eric J. Feigin, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 29 2026
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Jackson, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined as to Part I, and in which Barrett,
J., joined as to Parts II–B, II–C–1, and II–C–2. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jul 31 2026
Judgment Issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Adam G. Unikowsky
Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
AUNIKOWSKY@JENNER.COM
Ph: 202-639-6000
Party name: Okello Chatrie
Michael William Price
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
1660 L St. NW
12th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
mprice@nacdl.org
Ph: (202) 465-7615
Party name: Okello Chatrie
Attorneys for Respondent
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Other Attorneys
Stuart Banner
Counsel of Record
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
BANNER@LAW.UCLA.EDU
Ph: 3102068506
Party name: Brian L. Owsley
Christopher Theodore Bavitz
Counsel of Record
Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School
1557 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
CBAVITZ@LAW.HARVARD.EDU
Ph: 6173849125
Party name: Technologists
Bruce David Brown
Counsel of Record
Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press
1156 15th St. NW #1020
Washington, DC 20005
bruce.brown@rcfp.org
Ph: 202-795-9300
Party name: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of The Press, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, and Foundation for Individual Rights
Alan Jay Butler
Counsel of Record
Electronic Privacy Information Center
1519 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
butler@epic.org
Ph: 2024831140
Party name: Law & Technology and Fourth Amendment Scholars
Matthew P. Cavedon
Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001
mcavedon@cato.org
Ph: 706-309-2859
Party name: Cato Institute
Markham Sterling Chenoweth
Counsel of Record
New Civil Liberties Alliance
4250 N. Fairfax Dr.
Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22203
mark.chenoweth@ncla.legal
Ph: (202) 869-5210
Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance
James Connolly Dugan
Counsel of Record
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
jdugan@willkie.com
Ph: 212-728-8000
Party name: The Innocence Project and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at New York University School of Law
Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center
Megan Kathleen Graham
Counsel of Record
Technology Law Clinic
University of Iowa College of Law
380 Boyd Law Building
Iowa City, IA 52245
megan-k-graham@uiowa.edu
Ph: (319) 335-9023
Party name: Eight Law Professors
Jennifer Stisa Granick
Counsel of Record
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
425 California Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94104
JGRANICK@ACLU.ORG
Ph: 212-549-2500
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law
James W. Harper
Counsel of Record
American Enterprise Institute
1789 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
jimharperdc@earthlink.net
Ph: 202-862-5800
Party name: James W. Harper
Ari Benjamin Asher Holtzblatt
Counsel of Record
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20037
ARI.HOLTZBLATT@WILMERHALE.COM
Ph: (202) 663-6000
Party name: Microsoft Corporation
Scott A. Keller
Counsel of Record
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
200 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001
scott@lkcfirm.com
Ph: 5126938350
Party name: Google LLC
Orin S. Kerr
Counsel of Record
Orin S. Kerr
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
orin@orinkerr.com
Ph: (650)498-8125
Party name: Professor Orin S. Kerr
Thomas Ryan McCarthy
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
TOM@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM
Ph: 7032439423
Party name: The Local Government Legal Center
Charles Luther McCloud
Counsel of Record
Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20024
lmccloud@wc.com
Ph: 202-434-5586
Party name: NetChoice
Mark Miller
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
4440 PGA Blvd.
Suite 307
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
mark@pacificlegal.org
Ph: 561-691-5000
Party name: X Corp.
William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180
WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: 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
Michael David Pepson
Counsel of Record
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 1000
Arlington, VA 22203
mpepson@afphq.org
Ph: 5713294529
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Katelyn Nichole Ringrose
Counsel of Record
McDermott Will & Schulte
500 North Capitol St NW
Washington, DC 20001
kringrose@mwe.com
Ph: 202-756-8176
Party name: Center for Democracy & Technology
Nicholas Robert Rosellini
Counsel of Record
Lathan & Watkins LLP
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94111-6538
nick.rosellini@lw.com
Ph: 4153958165
Party name: The Policing Project at New York University School of Law
Gene Clayton Schaerr
Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, Inc.
Jeffrey Michael Schwab
Counsel of Record
Liberty Justice Center
7500 Rialto Blvd.
Suite 1-250
Austin, TX 78735
JSchwab@LJC.org
Ph: 512-481-4400
Party name: Liberty Justice Center
Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 2025468890
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice
Mahesha Padmanabhan Subbaraman
Counsel of Record
Subbaraman PLLC
80 S. 8th St., Suite 900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
MPS@SUBBLAW.COM
Ph: 612-315-9210
Party name: Restore the Fourth, Inc.
Ethan Haller Townsend
Counsel of Record
McDermott Will & Schulte LLP
500 North Capitol Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
EHTOWNSEND@MWE.COM
Ph: 202-756-8000
Party name: The Rutherford Institute
Anne Margaret Voigts
Counsel of Record
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
2400 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
anne.voigts@pillsburylaw.com
Ph: (650) 233-4500
Party name: Software & Information Industry Association and Computer & Communications Industry Association
Eric Harris Wessan
Counsel of Record
Iowa Attorney General's Office
1305 E Walnut St. Second Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319
wessan.eric@gmail.com
Ph: (515) 823- 9117
Party name: Iowa, Michigan, 29 States and the District of Columbia
John Gaelen Wrench
Counsel of Record
Institute for Justice
901 N . Glebe Rd #900
Arlington, VA 22203
jwrench@ij.org
Ph: (703) 682 9320
Party name: Institute for Justice
