{"id":64665,"date":"2026-08-14T07:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64665"},"modified":"2026-08-14T07:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T12:24:17","slug":"ca6-denying-ptf-access-to-his-own-bathroom-during-a-search-of-his-house-stated-4a-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64665","title":{"rendered":"CA6: Denying ptf access to his own bathroom during a search of his house stated 4A claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cIn light of totality of the circumstances of this case, we thus ask whether Plaintiff has plausibly alleged that Defendant Josephs&#8217; repeated refusal of Plaintiff&#8217;s requests to use his own restroom rendered Plaintiff&#8217;s seizure unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. Though we are not limited to the Graham factors we use typically to evaluate a Fourth Amendment excessive force claim, discussion of those factors is instructive. Based on the following, we find that Plaintiff has plausibly plead a \u00a7 1983 Fourth Amendment unreasonable seizure claim.\u201d Antol v. English, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 24454 (6th Cir. Aug. 13, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delaware\u2019s search and seizure provision follows Pennsylvania\u2019s, not the Fourth Amendment. Calm v. Taylor, 2026 Del. Ch. LEXIS 343 (Aug. 11, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDefendant&#8217;s attempt to characterize the encounter as a roadside strip search is not supported by the record. All three officers testified that Defendant&#8217;s genitalia and buttocks remained clothed.\u201d United States v. Nelson, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 180844 (D. Me. Aug. 13, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn light of totality of the circumstances of this case, we thus ask whether Plaintiff has plausibly alleged that Defendant Josephs&#8217; repeated refusal of Plaintiff&#8217;s requests to use his own restroom rendered Plaintiff&#8217;s seizure unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. Though &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64665\">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":[45,69,53,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-45","category-seizure","category-state-constitution","category-strip-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64665","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=64665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64666,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64665\/revisions\/64666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}