Opinion ID: 176775
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Heading: Social-guest status of Alejandro

Text: Alejandro possessed a reasonable expectation of privacy as a social guest in his brother's room. In certain cases, this circuit has even extended standing to challenge a search to non-overnight guests who are permitted to keep items in the residence. Washington, 573 F.3d at 283; see also United States v. Haynes, 108 Fed. Appx. 372, 374 (6th Cir.2004) (finding social guest to have a reasonable expectation of privacy in his host's residence where the guest was able to show a meaningful connection to his host's residence). Alejandro clearly demonstrated a meaningful relationship to his brother's room: he paid for the room, had his personal belongings in the room, and held the room key in his pocket. Consequently, because William demonstrated a reasonable expectation of privacyshowing that he legitimately regarded Room 22 as his temporary residenceAlejandro's meaningful connection validates his own expectation.