E.D.Cal.: Officer could enter woodlands property down def’s road

Defendant was suspected of illegal firewood cutting in a National Park. A Forest Service officer entered defendant’s property down the driveway or road, and the entry was legal. Defendant ordered the defendant off his property (“Get the fuck out of here, you better leave, you fucking punk”) calling him a firewood Nazi. The observations were lawful, and defendant kept talking and his statements are admissible. United States v. Jackson, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40331 (E.D. Cal. March 25, 2014).*

Plaintiff’s § 1983 civil case fails because his wife consented to the search at issue. Braskett v. Fender, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 5805 (9th Cir. March 28, 2014).*

Defendant was stopped because his GPS was placed obstructing vision. The officer then smelled marijuana and air freshener, and defendant was getting extremely nervous. Those and other factors were reasonable suspicion. United States v. $102,836.00 in United States Currency, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40286 (D. Nev. March 25, 2014).*