Daily Archives: January 15, 2021

CA10: Code enforcement officer coming to ptf’s door to talk to him didn’t violate curtilage

A city code enforcement officer who came to plaintiff’s door for a couple of minutes to attempt to talk to him about a sign code violation did not violate the curtilage. Clark v. City of Williamsburg, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS … Continue reading

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The Appeal: They Took Umbrellas To A Black Lives Matter Protest. The D.A. Hit Them With Gang Charges

The Appeal: They Took Umbrellas To A Black Lives Matter Protest. The D.A. Hit Them With Gang Charges, by Med O’Connor (“Police and prosecutors routinely treat white domestic terrorists with kid gloves, but use the full force of the law … Continue reading

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CA6: Judge issuing SW isn’t barred from conducting trial

The Michigan state courts’ conclusion that the judge who issued a search warrant was not barred from hearing the trial was based on precedent, the judge didn’t remember the search warrant, and it is not an unreasonable application of existing … Continue reading

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D.Colo.: Hotel has no duty to protect guest from 4A violations, assuming there was one

An airline pilot nude in his room who was seen through the window doesn’t state a Fourth Amendment claim that the hotel had a duty to protect him from being seen by the public. Besides that, he doesn’t state any … Continue reading

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EFF: So-called “Consent Searches” Harm Our Digital Rights

EFF: So-called “Consent Searches” Harm Our Digital Rights by Adam Schwartz:

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