The officer emailed to the magistrate the affidavit for warrant and he thought the warrant, too. The magistrate emailed back saying she found probable cause and authorized the search. A day or two later, the officer realized the warrant was never emailed. Thus, there was no warrant, and the search was suppressed. “Again, as the Supreme Court explained in Groh, a warrant is a critical safeguard of the right to be free from unreasonable government intrusion, a right secured to Oregonians by both Article I, section 9, and the Fourth Amendment. We would erode that critical constitutional safeguard by holding that a warrant that never existed could nevertheless operate as a valid warrant.” State v. Morin, 347 Or. App. 1 (Feb. 11, 2026).

“[T]he Court concludes that Detective Jimmy Welsh made reckless omissions in his application for a search warrant, but even so, the warrant still would have been issued if the omissions were added back in.” United States v. McCullough, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26402 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 9, 2026).*

Plaintiff was the subject of a search that led to his guilty plea and conviction. He can’t sue over that now. Gray v. Goddu, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27080 (D. Conn. Feb. 10, 2026).*