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Attorneys Seek Supreme Court Ban on Geofence Warrants

4/25/2026

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Okello Chatrie’s attorneys asked the Supreme Court to ban all geofence warrants as his Fourth Amendment challenge proceeds next week.
Google geofence warrant with a 150-meter radius for 30 minutes let authorities obtain Chatrie’s location, which the district court admitted under a good-faith exception.
A Fourth Circuit panel affirmed the suppression denial, holding Chatrie had no expectation of privacy in two hours of Google location data.

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Okello Chatrie’s attorneys asked the Supreme Court to ban all geofence warrants as his Fourth Amendment challenge proceeds next week.
Google geofence warrant with a 150-meter radius for 30 minutes let authorities obtain Chatrie’s location, which the district court admitted under a good-faith exception.
A Fourth Circuit panel affirmed the suppression denial, holding Chatrie had no expectation of privacy in two hours of Google location data.