Daily Archives: January 29, 2021

CA4: Not every fact an affiant knows needs to go in a SW affidavit for Franks

The omission of some facts didn’t make out a Franks violation. Affiants for search warrants are not required to itemize every fact they know and omission of some, the nonmaterial, doesn’t make out a Franks violation nor undermine the probable … Continue reading

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CA10: Officers’ mistake of fact here undermined the RS

The government conceded on appeal (as it should) that the officers alleged to have reasonable suspicion were mistaken as to what they testified to because they were misinformed. Taking this information out of the equation, the court finds that they … Continue reading

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ABAJ: Immigration lawyer sues over seizure of his cellphone at airport

ABAJ: Immigration lawyer sues over seizure of his cellphone at airport by Debra Cassens Weiss (“Texas immigration lawyer Adam A. Malik has sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for seizing and retaining his iPhone when he returned to the … Continue reading

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