OK Indian territory, McGirt v. Oklahoma, and the GFE

For a century, state officers investigated offenses on land that McGirt v. Oklahoma found were actually Indian lands. The good faith exception applies. The officer couldn’t have been expected to know that SCOTUS would finally hold as it did, and then it did 5-4. The good faith exception clearly applies. [Also, this case is in federal court on a case investigated by a state officer.] United States v. Patterson, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29906 (E.D. Okla. Feb. 18, 2021), adopting  2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31162 (E.D. Okla. Jan. 5, 2021).

Plaintiff’s Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claim fails for lack of evidence vitiating probable cause for the arrest. Rivera v. Granillo, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 4671 (10th Cir. Feb. 18, 2021).*

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