{"id":63439,"date":"2026-03-01T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63439"},"modified":"2026-03-01T15:41:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:41:41","slug":"e-d-cal-excessive-damage-in-executing-writ-of-possession-can-state-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63439","title":{"rendered":"E.D.Cal.: Excessive damage in executing writ of possession can state claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Excessive damage in executing a writ of possession can state a Fourth Amendment claim. Dayton v. Fairfield Mobile Home, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41228 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 26, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vehicle finance company\u2019s Fourth Amendment claim against the village\u2019s retention of inoperable seized vehicles is dismissed in part. Unneeded property usually is returned to the owners. Santander Consumer USA, Inc. v. Vill. of Freeport, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41282 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 10, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Painfully tight handcuffs isn\u2019t shown by clearly established law to be excessive force where the plaintiff threatened the officer. Ennes v. Presque Isle Cty., 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 5954 (6th Cir. Feb. 27, 2026).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excessive damage in executing a writ of possession can state a Fourth Amendment claim. Dayton v. Fairfield Mobile Home, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41228 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 26, 2026). Vehicle finance company\u2019s Fourth Amendment claim against the village\u2019s retention of &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63439\">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":[74,40,67,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-caretaking-function","category-qualified-immunity","category-rule-41g-return-of-property","category-warrant-execution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63439","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=63439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63440,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63439\/revisions\/63440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}