{"id":58484,"date":"2024-07-26T21:20:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T02:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=58484"},"modified":"2024-07-26T21:20:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T02:20:14","slug":"ca5-san-antonios-rental-property-inspection-program-doesnt-mandate-inspections-without-warrant-preliminary-injunction-properly-denied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=58484","title":{"rendered":"CA5: San Antonio&#8217;s rental property inspection program doesn&#8217;t mandate inspections without warrant; preliminary injunction properly denied"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cAlthough the Complexes are correct that the Fourth Amendment applies to the City&#8217;s inspectors, the PAIP [rental property inspection program] on its face does not authorize or mandate warrantless searches. Section 6-71, titled \u2018Monitoring, inspection, and condition standard,\u2019 does not state that city officials can conduct a search without first obtaining a warrant. Indeed, when considering the Ordinance in the context of the entire \u2018Buildings\u2019 section of the City Code, it becomes clear that warrants are contemplated in the building inspection process. As the City explains, the \u2018PAIP does not exist in a legal vacuum\u2019 and, as such, it does not need to reiterate the protections afforded by the Fourth Amendment\u2014the PAIP does \u2018not attempt to subvert the always-applicable warrant protections of the Fourth Amendment.\u2019 For these reasons, we hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that the Complexes have failed to show that they were likely to succeed on their Fourth Amendment claim.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ca5.uscourts.gov\/opinions\/pub\/23\/23-50706-CV0.pdf\">SO Apartments, L.L.C. v. City of San Antonio<\/a>, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 18075 (5th Cir. July 23, 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 2255 petition fails in its ineffective assistance of counsel on a Fourth Amendment claim because he can\u2019t show he could prevail on the merits. United States v. Smith, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129854 (E.D. Ky. July 2, 2024),* adopted, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129123 (E.D. Ky. July 23, 2024).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAlthough the Complexes are correct that the Fourth Amendment applies to the City&#8217;s inspectors, the PAIP [rental property inspection program] on its face does not authorize or mandate warrantless searches. Section 6-71, titled \u2018Monitoring, inspection, and condition standard,\u2019 does not &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=58484\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administrative-search","category-ineffective-assistance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58485,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58484\/revisions\/58485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}