W.D.Mo.: Mask ordinance doesn’t violate 4A right of privacy

The City of Springfield mask ordinance does not violate, inter alia, the Fourth Amendment right to privacy. Shelton v. City of Springfield, 6:20-cv-03258 (W.D. Mo. Sept. 2, 2020).

“In specifically detailing the criminal conduct under investigation, the search warrants provide the necessary guidance to the executing officers as to which items may be seized as potential evidence based on probable cause as distinct from electronic information which may be briefly viewed to see if they fall within that category. And the search warrants clearly identify the Redzepagic computer devices and social media sites as the objects to be searched. [¶] In view of the foregoing, the search warrants pass muster as to ‘particularity’ under Second Circuit law.” United States v. Redzepagic, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160241 (E.D. N.Y. Sept. 2, 2020).