Court grants summary judgment to officer following confrontation with armed, screaming, drug-influenced man
Repeated TASER Device Applications Didn’t Rise to Excessive Force
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Officer Reasonable Belief Protects Against Nosy, Nose-less Assailant
It’s not Voldemort, but this assailant is now also missing a nose.
Execution by Rapture? First Possible Execution by Nitrogen-Induced Hypoxia
The “rapture of the deep” has never been used as a method of legal execution. Will this be the first?
“Don’t Sleep in the Subway, Darling” . . . And Do Not Arrest Sidewalk Sleepers in Violation of the Eighth Amendment
The Eighth Amendment prohibits the imposition of criminal penalties for sitting, sleeping, or lying outside on public property for homeless individuals who cannot obtain shelter.
No Qualified Immunity for Officer’s Conduct with Sexual Assault Victim
An officer’s conduct with a sexual assault victim “shocks the conscience.”
Free Game for a Sniff: No Fourth Amendment Violation for K9 Sniffing Car in Public Parking Area
An officer may search a vehicle without a warrant if there is probable cause to believe it contains evidence or contraband, and the officer may search anywhere the contraband could reasonably be hidden.
False Facebook Friend Yielded Genuine Admissible Evidence
A federal felon claims illegal search after posting images of himself with guns to Facebook.
Cruel and Unusual Punishment from Secondhand Smoke?
Despite deliberate indifference to a prisoner’s needs, punitive damage awards were reversed in this case.
Probable Cause Affidavit Leads to Suspects’ Facebook Face Plant
Allegations that ATF agents unlawfully obtained information from a gang’s public account aren’t backed by a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Dog Lawfully Sniffed Drugs Once Invited Inside Cocaine Dealer’s Home
When a drug dealer calls for help he didn’t expect the K9 to smell the drugs inside his home from the doorway.
Suppression of Vital Information Leads to Personal Liability
Trial outcome might have been different if key facts were disclosed.
Court Refuses to Apply the Carpenter Ruling Retroactively
Restricting evidence in this case would be “the judicial equivalent of editing a Quentin Tarantino movie to air on the Disney Channel.”