Daily Archives: February 2, 2016

WaPo: UC-Berkeley students sue Google, alleging their emails were illegally scanned

WaPo: UC-Berkeley students sue Google, alleging their emails were illegally scanned by Emma Brown: Four students and alumni from the University of California-Berkeley have sued Google in federal court, alleging that the company — which runs the university’s email accounts … Continue reading

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CA7: No REP from being videoed by CI one lets in for a drug deal

A video-wired CI came into defendant’s apartment to record him doing a drug deal, and a SW issued based on the recording. Defendant challenged the entry and the recording but not the SW. “Thompson has never challenged the search warrant … Continue reading

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D.Nev.: Since possession of neither shotgun nor hypodermic needle are crimes, stop invalid

Police received a call about a man passed out in a Lexus in a parking lot with a hypodermic needle sticking in his arm and a shotgun next to him. When they got there, defendant was out of the car, … Continue reading

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CA4: Feres doctrine barred Army NG officer’s § 1983 email search claim when he was deployed

Plaintiff was a Colonel in the North Carolina Army National Guard stationed in Kuwait, and he claimed that his email was unlawfully searched by another officer and forwarded around in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. The Feres doctrine, requiring … Continue reading

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