D.Haw.: Alleged illegal search by “marshals of the Kingdom of Atooi” was private search

A crate of marijuana was searched by “marshals of the Kingdom of Atooi,” a Polynesian kingdom within Hawai’i not otherwise described. Their search was not at insistence or with the acquiescence of the state or federal government, and it could be used in federal court. Reconsideration denied. United States v. Toyofuku, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167846 (D. Haw. Dec. 5, 2016), prior opinion, United States v. Toyofuku, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 126053 (D.Haw. Sept. 21, 2015) (posted here).

Defendant made a statement after a computer search under a Playpen search warrant. The government concedes that he wasn’t Mirandized, and the statement is suppressed. United States v. Knowles, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 163813 (D.S.C. Nov. 28, 2016).*

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