In the final round of the 2025 Langfan Family Moot Court Competition, which took place on April 19 in the MacDonald Moot Court Room, Elliott King ’27, arguing for the respondent, defeated Shvethaa Jayakumar ’27, arguing for the petitioner, in the fictional case of McCloud v. United States. The case was inspired by the Fourth Circuit case United States v. Chatrie that looked at whether a geofence warrant is an unconstitutional search that violates the Fourth Amendment. A geofence warrant allows the government to access location tracking data through an individual’s phone company. McCloud, the criminal defendant, moved to suppress his location history which was uncovered by the geofence warrant.
Above: The Moot Court Board stands behind the judges for the 2025 Langfan Moot Court: (from left) Hon. Christy C. Wiegand ’00, Hon. Darrin P. Gayles, Hon. Richard C. Wesley ’74, Hon. Jed Rakoff, and Hon. Terry Doughty
The final round of the competition was arbitrated by an esteemed panel of federal judges:
Hon. Richard C. Wesley ’74, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Hon. Darrin P. Gayles,
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Hon. Christy C. Wiegand ’00, U.S. District Court for
the Western District of Pennsylvania
Hon. Jed Rakoff,
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Hon. Terry Doughty,
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
