{"id":64671,"date":"2026-08-15T10:40:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64671"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:42:34","slug":"ca9-ptfs-didnt-meet-burden-of-showing-administrative-subpoena-was-4a-violation-or-in-bad-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64671","title":{"rendered":"CA9: Ptfs didn&#8217;t meet burden of showing administrative subpoena was 4A violation or in bad faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bad faith administrative subpoenas are grounded in the Fourth Amendment, but the burden is high in showing bad faith, and plaintiffs didn\u2019t meet it. <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov\/datastore\/opinions\/2026\/08\/14\/25-7384.pdf\">Queerdoc, PLLC v. DOJ<\/a>, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 24567 (9th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026) (\u201cThe prohibition against bad-faith subpoenas is also grounded in the Fourth Amendment&#8217;s requirement that a subpoena be reasonable. Golden Valley, 689 F.3d at 1113. Whether the authority rests on our inherent equitable power or on the Fourth Amendment, the inquiry remains the same.\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant had no standing to contest the search of his victim\u2019s cell phone. State v. Carroll, 2026 S.C. App. LEXIS 54 (Aug. 12, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant\u2019s parole search \u201cstalking horse\u201d argument utterly failed on the proof. United States v. Malyk, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 24446 (9th Cir. Aug. 13, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trial court\u2019s findings of fact and conclusions of law on there being reasonable suspicion for the length of stop before the drug dog are clearly erroneous. Reversed. State v. Belony, 2026 ME 86 (Aug. 13, 2026).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad faith administrative subpoenas are grounded in the Fourth Amendment, but the burden is high in showing bad faith, and plaintiffs didn\u2019t meet it. Queerdoc, PLLC v. DOJ, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 24567 (9th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026) (\u201cThe prohibition &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64671\">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":[9,58,35,34,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administrative-search","category-probationparole-search","category-reasonable-suspicion","category-standing","category-subpoenas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64671","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=64671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64672,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64671\/revisions\/64672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}