Daily Archives: March 11, 2021

CA5: 4A generally only applies to pretrial govt activities

The Fourth Amendment only applies to pretrial alleged constitutional deprivations. Trial related constraints are not Fourth Amendment issues. United States v. Emakoji, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 6843 (5th Cir. Mar. 9, 2021):

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Forbes: Drones With ‘Most Advanced AI Ever’ Coming Soon To Your Local Police Department

Forbes: Drones With ‘Most Advanced AI Ever’ Coming Soon To Your Local Police Department by Thomas Brewster (“Founded by Google veterans and backed by $340 million from major VCs, Skydio is creating drones that seem straight out of science fiction—and … Continue reading

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CA5 declines to extend Bivens to 4A claims outside the home

Court declines to extend Bivens to a search in parking lot because it thinks SCOTUS would agree. Bivens was a search of the home. Byrd v. Lamb, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 6844 (5th Cir. Mar. 9, 2021). “Henriquez-Perez has not … Continue reading

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WA: Uncorroborated CI’s story not RS or PC

CI was not shown to be sufficiently reliable by an attempt to corroborate her to justify defendant’s stop and subsequent search. “Unlike a citizen informant calling 911, a criminal informant is not presumed to be acting out of civic responsibility. … Continue reading

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WY: Mere citation to state constitution without cogent argument for different treatment is waiver

Citation alone to the state constitution’s search and seizure without cogent argument for differentiating Fourth Amendment cases is waiver. The totality of information before the officer in the traffic stop justified it. Elmore v. State, 2021 Wyo. LEXIS 48 (Mar. … Continue reading

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CA5: Warrantless entry to seize suicidal ptf was reasonable

The officer’s warrantless entry to seize the allegedly suicidal plaintiff was based on probable ause and exigency. “The exigency of a credible risk that a person is about to end their life justifies the warrantless entries into Clark’s hotel room … Continue reading

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CA5: Police accidentally shooting a hostage isn’t an intentional seizure

“Here, the only plausible reading of the allegations is that Doe accidentally shot Ulises while trying to help him by ending the hostage situation. Such accidental conduct does not result in a Fourth Amendment seizure. See Brower, 489 U.S. at … Continue reading

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D.Conn.: When govt raises an exception to warrant requirement, def must rebut in briefing, but cell phone seizure shown unjustified

In response to defendant’s motion to suppress, the government argued search incident, which the defense didn’t rebut in the papers. Motion denied in part. Defendant’s cell phone seizure is suppressed, however, because the government didn’t show justification for its seizure. … Continue reading

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Cal.2: Litigating a motion to suppress with an affidavit sealed in part from the defense

People v. Washington, 2021 Cal. App. LEXIS 196 (2d Dist. Mar. 9, 2021):

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WaPo: Massive camera hack exposes the growing reach and intimacy of American surveillance

WaPo: Massive camera hack exposes the growing reach and intimacy of American surveillance by Drew Harwell (“A breach of the camera start-up Verkada ‘should be a wake-up call to the dangers of self-surveillance,’ one expert said: ‘Our desire for some … Continue reading

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