CA9: Search and seizure § 1983 claim accrues on the date of the search

A search and seizure § 1983 claim accrues on the date of the search. One can’t wait until after reversal on appeal to sue if it ran in the meantime. Here, the suit would be barred by qualified immunity. Rollin v. Cook, 466 Fed. Appx. 665 (9th Cir. 2012) (unpublished).*

Eleven month delay in getting a search warrant in a child pornography case was not stale as a matter of law, since the Fifth Circuit has upheld an 18 month delay. United States v. Baker, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7949 (S.D. Tex. January 20, 2012).*

Officers’ hot pursuit of two fleeing suspects into this house justified their entry. The facts here are more compelling than Warden v. Hayden where SCOTUS approved of the hot pursuit doctrine. United States v. Davis, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7925 (S.D. Fla. January 17, 2012).*