{"id":64583,"date":"2026-08-04T10:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64583"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:59:21","slug":"in-tax-4a-claim-over-order-to-enter-for-tax-assessment-moot-where-it-didnt-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64583","title":{"rendered":"IN Tax: 4A claim over order to enter for tax assessment moot where it didn&#8217;t happen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There was an order to enter the taxpayer\u2019s property for an assessment; however, the entry never occurred, so the Fourth Amendment issue is moot. Bolte v. Dubois Cty. Assessor, 2026 Ind. Tax LEXIS 35 (T.C. Aug. 3, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe record reveals that Matthis acted in self-defense and did not commit a crime. He was not only a victim of his former ten-ant&#8217;s abuse, but also of a judge&#8217;s carelessly issued ex parte restrain-ing order, which precipitated the entire fiasco. The consequences of Matthis&#8217; arrest, including his loss of employment as a school-teacher, are deeply regrettable. However, because the o\ufb03cers had at least arguable probable cause under the circumstances to arrest Matthis and issue him a citation, the District Court correctly concluded that the o\ufb03cers were entitled to qualified immunity.\u201d Matthis v. Rogers, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 23050 (11th Cir. Aug. 3, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A computer check showed the vehicle owner had a suspended DL. The driver had a face mask so the officer couldn\u2019t see the face of the driver. There was reasonable suspicion for the stop. State v. Robinson, 2026-Ohio-2980 (11th Dist. Aug. 3, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was an order to enter the taxpayer\u2019s property for an assessment; however, the entry never occurred, so the Fourth Amendment issue is moot. Bolte v. Dubois Cty. Assessor, 2026 Ind. Tax LEXIS 35 (T.C. Aug. 3, 2026). \u201cThe record &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64583\">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":[9,144,40,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administrative-search","category-mootness","category-qualified-immunity","category-reasonable-suspicion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64583","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=64583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64585,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64583\/revisions\/64585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}