{"id":63536,"date":"2026-03-13T10:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63536"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:54:38","slug":"n-d-tex-room-searches-in-center-for-sexually-violent-predators-same-as-a-prison-cell-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63536","title":{"rendered":"N.D.Tex.: Room searches in center for sexually violent predators same as a prison cell search"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Plaintiff is sexually violent predator confined in the Texas Civil Commitment Center. Room searches there are governed by the same rationale as prison cell searches. Welsh v. Pearson, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50445 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 11, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if it was pointless, a prison strip search is almost always constitutional unless it is harassing. Williams v. Melvin, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49658 (E.D. Mich. Feb. 9, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The probable cause for the warrant was a controlled buy, and defense counsel wasn\u2019t ineffective for not challenging it. United States v. Bartleson, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49616 (E.D. Ky. Mar. 2, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plaintiff was barred from a library for six months. He claimed false statements were used, akin to a Franks violation. Doesn\u2019t work in First Amendment cases. Credico v. Carmel Clay Pub. Libr., 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49899 (S.D. Ind. Mar. 11, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plaintiff is sexually violent predator confined in the Texas Civil Commitment Center. Room searches there are governed by the same rationale as prison cell searches. Welsh v. Pearson, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50445 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 11, 2026). Even if &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63536\">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":[23,113,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ineffective-assistance","category-prison-and-jail-searches","category-strip-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63536","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=63536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63537,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63536\/revisions\/63537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}