Daily Archives: April 5, 2022

Techdirt: Law Prof Suggests Geofence Warrants Are A Net Gain For The Public, Even If They Invert The Probable Cause Standard

Techdirt: Law Prof Suggests Geofence Warrants Are A Net Gain For The Public, Even If They Invert The Probable Cause Standard by Tim Cushing (“On March 9th, we covered a Virginia court’s decision to reject a geofence/‘reverse’ warrant as unconstitutional. … Continue reading

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Two on informant hearsay

“The information provided to the agents came from a vetted CS who had known Thomas for years. The CS’s information, as noted above, was then corroborated using audio recordings and physical surveillance as well as the agents’ independent check of … Continue reading

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Free defense CLE on technology warrants

NACDL: 2022 NACDL and the Samuelson Clinic’s Seminar: Unlocking the Black Box, free CLE on technology warrants in Chicago May 16-17.

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CA7: Younger and immunity bar ptf’s § 1983 claim against search

Plaintiff’s claims that the parties conspired to falsify evidence of this search against him, aside from being fantastical, was barred by Younger and qualified or absolute immunity for all the parties. Shaw v. Cnty. of Milwaukee, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS … Continue reading

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E.D.La.: Photographs taken before SW issued or the SW are not suppressed, they had nothing to do with getting the SW

Metadata in photographs of defendant’s property show that they were taken before the search warrant was issued. The search warrant was going to issue anyway, and nothing relied upon the photographs. Denied. United States v. Jefferson, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS … Continue reading

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NJ: Facebook searches require SWs, not intercept orders

A communication data warrant requires probable cause. Facebook’s data in hand is not “intercepted” for wiretapping purposes. Facebook, Inc. v. State, 2022 N.J. Super. LEXIS 40 (Apr. 4, 2022):

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MI drone over curtilage case update

In the Michigan drone over the curtilage case (posted here), Long Lake Twp. v. Maxon, the parties are directed to brief application of the exclusionary rule to zoning disputes:

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