Daily Archives: February 9, 2019

S.D.N.Y. concludes there is a somewhat limited common law right of access to the SW materials in the Michael Cohen case

On the motion of media organizations’ for access to the search warrant materials in the Michael Cohen case, the S.D.N.Y. concludes there is a limited common law right of access to the search warrant materials. Contrary to other courts, the … Continue reading

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CA6: Officers who went to hospital room get QI on whether there was a REP in the shared room

Officers who visited plaintiff in his hospital room he shared with another were sued for allegedly violating his reasonable expectation of privacy. There is no clear controlling authority, and the officers get qualified immunity [and the issue goes undecided]. Bonds … Continue reading

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CA7: QI barred § 1983 over forced prison blood draw

Plaintiff is an inmate in prison who was ordered to give a blood test when prison officials decided he wasn’t acting right and might be high. His suit over the prison’s forced blood draw is barred by qualified immunity. Holm … Continue reading

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CA9: Ptf’s affidavit there was no announcement before battering ram broke in her door makes her civil case survive summary judgment

Plaintiff showed enough of a fact question that officers never announced they were attempting to enter on a search warrant, breaking in her door, to survive their motion for summary judgment. They said, she said. Greiner v. Wall, 2019 U.S. … Continue reading

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DE: Untimely motion to suppress properly denied; def would lose on the merits anyway

Failure to file a motion to suppress before trial constituted a waiver of claims regarding the admissibility of items found at defendant’s garage. There was no plain error in the application of the inevitable discovery rule because it was clear … Continue reading

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IA: Def’s consent to patdown for weapons wasn’t consent to open container that could not have contained a weapon

Defendant consented to a patdown for weapons. Removing an object and opening it that couldn’t be holding a weapon exceeded the consent. State v. Hampton, 2019 Iowa App. LEXIS 108 (Feb. 6, 2019). The evidence the police gathered showed that … Continue reading

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