{"id":63303,"date":"2026-02-25T09:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63303"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:15:10","slug":"ca4-leasing-property-from-a-parolee-doesnt-make-that-property-subject-to-his-parole-search-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63303","title":{"rendered":"CA4: Leasing property from a parolee doesn&#8217;t make that property subject to his parole search condition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When a person on parole owns property and lets others use or rent it, the others aren\u2019t subject to the parolee\u2019s search waiver. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ca4.uscourts.gov\/opinions\/237280.P.pdf\">United States v. Perez<\/a>, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 5305 (4th Cir. Feb. 23, 2026):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>As an initial matter, we conclude that a condition of supervised release that permits a warrantless search of a supervisee&#8217;s &#8220;property&#8221; does not permit the government to search real property owned by him and leased by a third-party resident. Additionally, we conclude that in order to rely on Perez&#8217;s supervised release conditions to search Coleman&#8217;s residence, the officers must have had probable cause to believe Perez also resided at Coleman&#8217;s home. We hold that the government did not meet its burden to show probable cause and, therefore, find that the warrantless search of Coleman&#8217;s home was unconstitutional. Accordingly, the district court erred in denying Perez&#8217;s and Coleman&#8217;s motion to suppress, and the defendant currency was improperly seized and not subject to forfeiture.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a person on parole owns property and lets others use or rent it, the others aren\u2019t subject to the parolee\u2019s search waiver. United States v. Perez, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 5305 (4th Cir. Feb. 23, 2026):<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-probationparole-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63303","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=63303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63304,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63303\/revisions\/63304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}