Fourth Amendment case is no different; the government's interest in conducting a search is competing with the citizen's expectation of privacy. The Fourth Amendment prohibits the United States government from conducting "unreasonable searches and seizures.The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the New Jersey Supreme Court, holding that school officials can search a student if they have reasonable suspicion. We believe that all students retain their Fourth Amendment rights in and out of school. Behalf of parents in the Bronx. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals, in the case of United States v. WHAT HAPPENED: T.L.O. was a 14-year-old female student at a New Jersey high school. Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York City, to Puerto Rican-born parents. The amendment also permits a local rule that requires an appellant in a criminal appeal to consent to the dismissal of the appeal. Filing Instructions.