{"id":63594,"date":"2026-03-17T10:52:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63594"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T14:42:07","slug":"dc-alleged-violation-of-rule-41b-for-property-located-within-the-district-not-subject-to-exclusionary-rule-when-property-is-moving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63594","title":{"rendered":"DC: Alleged violation of Rule 41(b) for “property located within the district” not subject to exclusionary rule when property is moving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A warrant to ping a cell phone in the DC Metro area which is three jurisdictions (DC, MD, VA) to find defendant to arrest him was with probable cause and good faith despite an alleged violation of Rule 41(b).\u201cRule 41(b) generally allows a judge \u2018with authority in the district \u2026 to issue a warrant to search for and seize a person or property located within the district.\u2019\u201d Also, alleged violation of Rule 41(b) doesn\u2019t merit suppression here, as eleven other circuits have ruled. United States v. Thorne<\/a>, 169 F.4th 1117 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 17, 2026):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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While the instant case presents our first opportunity to consider whether the good-faith exception may be applied where a defendant alleges a violation of Rule 41(b), eleven of our sister circuits have extended that exception to this very context. See United States v. Levin, 874 F.3d 316, 321-24 (1st Cir. 2017) (concluding that the good-faith exception can apply to Rule 41(b) jurisdictional violations); United States v. Eldred, 933 F.3d 110, 118-21 (2d Cir. 2019) (same); United States v. Werdene, 883 F.3d 204, 216-18 (3d Cir. 2018) (same), cert. denied, 586 U.S. 896 (2018); United States v. McLamb, 880 F.3d 685, 690-91 (4th Cir. 2018) (same), cert. denied, 586 U.S. 855 (2018); United States v. Ganzer, 922 F.3d 579, 586-87 (5th Cir. 2019) (same), cert. denied, 589 U.S. 995 (2019); United States v. Moorehead, 912 F.3d 963, 966-67 (6th Cir. 2019) (same), cert. denied, 589 U.S. 999 (2019); United States v. Kienast , 907 F.3d 522, 527-29 (7th Cir. 2018) (same), cert. denied, 587 U.S. 972 (2019); United States v. Horton, 863 F.3d 1041, 1050-51 (8th Cir. 2017) (same), cert. denied, 584 U.S. 918 (2018); United States v. Henderson, 906 F.3d 1109, 1118- 19 (9th Cir. 2018) (same), cert. denied, 587 U.S. 995 (2019); United States v. Workman, 863 F.3d 1313, 1317-19 (10th Cir. 2017) (same), cert. denied, 584 U.S. 935 (2018); United States v. Taylor, 935 F.3d 1279, 1288-91 (11th Cir. 2019) (same), cert. denied, 589 U.S. 1268 (2020).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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