{"id":62638,"date":"2026-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62638"},"modified":"2025-12-31T11:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:51:10","slug":"ca9-evidence-seized-by-state-not-taken-or-used-by-feds-not-subject-to-rule-41g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62638","title":{"rendered":"CA9: Evidence seized by state not taken or used by feds not subject to Rule 41(g)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>State officers seized defendant\u2019s Rolex watch in a search, and there was a federal prosecution, but the watch was never part of it nor evidence of anything. Thus, Rule 41(g) affords him no relief here. There\u2019s no constructive federal possession under 41(g). <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov\/datastore\/memoranda\/2025\/12\/30\/25-1934.pdf\">United States v. Gasparyan<\/a>, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 33898 (9th Cir. Dec. 30, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prison cell search claim fails as a matter of law. Graham v. Felty, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 267433 (S.D. Ohio Dec. 29, 2025).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stone bars petitioner\u2019s 2254 over his search claim. Mendonca v. Warden, Madison Corr. Inst., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 267435 (S.D. Ohio Dec. 30, 2025).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[T]he [166 page] affidavit establishes sufficient facts to establish a proper nexus between the evidence to be seized\u2014such as the cell phone\u2014and Target Premises 8\u201d and probable cause. United States v. Hester-Jackson, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 267569 (E.D. Mich. Dec. 30, 2025).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State officers seized defendant\u2019s Rolex watch in a search, and there was a federal prosecution, but the watch was never part of it nor evidence of anything. Thus, Rule 41(g) affords him no relief here. There\u2019s no constructive federal possession &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62638\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,38,113,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issue-preclusion","category-nexus","category-prison-and-jail-searches","category-rule-41g-return-of-property"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62639,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62638\/revisions\/62639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}