Daily Archives: February 18, 2017

Orin Kerr on Playpen warrants:

DOJ has filed appellate briefs in 3 Playpen warrant cases– CA1, CA8, CA10. Notably, none of the DOJ briefs argue no search occurred. And, Playpen warrants sustained. United States v. Pawlak, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23100 (N.D. Tex. Feb. 17, … Continue reading

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CA5: No QI immunity for arrest for videotaping police station; 1A claim was not well-settled at time of arrest, but it is now

Plaintiff was arrested in September 2015 for videotaping a Ft. Worth police station from across the street. They first asked him for identification which he refused to provide. Then they arrested him and left him in a hot police car … Continue reading

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