Daily Archives: June 28, 2019

ACLU blog: The Supreme Court’s Most Consequential Ruling for Privacy in the Digital Age, One Year In

ACLU blog: The Supreme Court’s Most Consequential Ruling for Privacy in the Digital Age, One Year In by Nathan Freed Wessler

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WaPo: Court orders D.C. officers to start collecting mandated racial data in police stops

WaPo: Court orders D.C. officers to start collecting mandated racial data in police stops by Peter Hermann and Rachel Weiner: D.C. police must begin tracking the race of every person officers stop in a vehicle or as a pedestrian within … Continue reading

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SCOTUSblog: Opinion analysis: Court upholds warrantless blood tests for unconscious drunk-driving suspects

SCOTUSblog: Opinion analysis: Court upholds warrantless blood tests for unconscious drunk-driving suspects by Amy Howe: Yesterday a divided Supreme Court ruled that the Fourth Amendment generally does not bar states from taking a blood sample from an unconscious drunk-driving suspect … Continue reading

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CA5: GFE saves search of cell phone seized when not specified in SW

A juvenile probation officer started an investigation into whether girls under his supervision were being pimped out. Substantial evidence was developed that concluded they were. A search warrant was obtained for defendant’s property, and computers were mentioned for seizure but … Continue reading

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D.Minn.: Four month old information about guns in a drug SW on three day old information wasn’t stale

The affidavit for search warrant mentioned methamphetamine as something to be seized, and there was probable cause for it. Four month old information about firearms on the premises in a drug search warrant on information 72 hours old wasn’t stale … Continue reading

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CA9: The smell of marijuana from a car in a recreational use state is still PC

The smell of marijuana from a car in Nevada where recreational use is permitted is still probable cause because state law doesn’t permit smoking in a car. United States v. Gray, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 19095 (9th Cir. June 26, … Continue reading

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D.Kan.: In a civil case, the court takes judicial notice of a search warrant in PACER in the same court

“The court takes judicial notice of the existence of the search warrant as part of its own files and records from judicial proceedings which do not convert motions under Rule 12(b)(6) into motions for summary judgment. See Tal v. Hogan, … Continue reading

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