Dylan Moore is an Attorney at the Institute for Justice. He joined IJ in September 2023 as a Litigation Fellow. Dylan’s practice focuses on immunity and accountability, property rights, and the Fourth Amendment.
Dylan appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court in Martin v. United States. In Martin, the FBI raided an innocent family’s home by mistake and tried to escape accountability under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Lower courts sided with the government, but in June 2025, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed, allowing the case to proceed.
Dylan—a native Midwesterner—earned his law degree from the University of Chicago. Before that, he studied business economics and public policy at Indiana University. Between graduating law school and coming to IJ, Dylan clerked for the Honorable Robert T. Numbers, II, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Dylan's Cases
Immunity and Accountability | Private Property | SWAT Destruction
Martin v. United States
FBI agents raided the wrong home in suburban Atlanta. Now the federal government refuses to compensate the victims even though Congress passed a law permitting suits for damages caused by federal employees.
4th Amendment Project | Open Fields Doctrine | Private Property
Pennsylvania Fish Cops
Tim and Stephanie Thomas purchased their cabin on Butler Lake in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, in 2014. In 2022, after Stephanie was diagnosed with stage four cancer, it also became a sanctuary for her to rest and…
Other Property Rights Abuses | Private Property
Georgia Home Demolition
Eric Arnold stood in front of his property in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia, shaking in shock and disbelief. The house he had been painstakingly fixing up for months—the house he poured hours of work and thousands…
Immunity and Accountability | Private Property | SWAT Destruction
Jimerson v. Lewis – Texas Wrong House Raid
Everyone who visits a home for the first time—including delivery drivers, plumbers, and Girl Scouts—knows that you have to make sure you have the right address before barging in. Somehow, Waxahachie Police Department (WPD) Lieutenant…
Economic Liberty | First Amendment | Occupational Licensing | Occupational Speech
California PI License
Jay Fink has a simple business. If you’re a Californian getting too much spam, he’ll look through your junk folder and pull out the emails that might violate California’s anti-spam law. Then you can decide…
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Ocean Springs Blight
Ocean Springs, Mississippi declared properties in parts of the city blighted slums in a secretive process. Now, property owners are suing to protect their homes, businesses, and a church.
Immunity and Accountability | Private Property
Mohamud v. Weyker
Can a local police officer launder her lies and deceit through a state-federal task force to hide behind absolute federal immunity? IJ doesn’t think so, but with the help of the federal government, St. Paul…
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Parksley Food Truck Ban Letter
Parksley, Virginia
Dylan's Podcasts
October 03, 2025
Short Circuit 396 | Voting and Carrying in History
Two opinions that dig into history, one on voting rights the other on gun rights, and both from the Fourth Circuit. First, Dan Nelson of […]
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