{"id":64742,"date":"2026-09-02T15:49:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64742"},"modified":"2026-09-05T15:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:50:22","slug":"id-hospital-collecting-umbilical-cord-blood-conducted-a-private-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64742","title":{"rendered":"ID: Hospital collecting umbilical cord blood conducted a private search"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A hospital collecting umbilical cord blood after a birth was not a state actor nor acting at law enforcement\u2019s request or suggestion. This was a private search, and the blood tested positive for drugs. <a href=\"https:\/\/api.isc.idaho.gov\/uploads\/Documents\/ISC\/Criminal\/2026\/1787852881298-52919.pdf\">State v. Kawano<\/a>, 2026 Ida. LEXIS 106 (Aug. 27, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant\u2019s pretextual stop claim fails because there was an objective basis for his traffic stop. United States v. Burroughs, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 26439 (11th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers had reasonable suspicion for defendant\u2019s stop for stalking. A message to the patrol car terminal said defendant could flee if he saw officers, and he started backing away when he saw them. United States v. Hoffpowier, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 26410 (6th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only suppression issue defendant sought a hearing on was whether the magistrate abandoned her judicial role. [That\u2019s a tough hill to climb, and] he fails to make any showing of that. United States v. Osorio, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 193860 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 27, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hospital collecting umbilical cord blood after a birth was not a state actor nor acting at law enforcement\u2019s request or suggestion. This was a private search, and the blood tested positive for drugs. State v. Kawano, 2026 Ida. LEXIS &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64742\">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":[91,86,43,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neutral-and-detached-magistrate","category-pretext","category-private-search","category-reasonable-suspicion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64742","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=64742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64743,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64742\/revisions\/64743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}