Armed with the account identifiers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sought search warrants requiring Facebook to disclose various records and voluntarily disclosed information.

Armed with the account identifiers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sought search warrants requiring Facebook to disclose various records and voluntarily disclosed information.

Armed with the account identifiers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sought search warrants requiring Facebook to disclose various records and voluntarily disclosed information.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit described the case as one presenting “a novel question involving two provisions within the Constitution: the U.S. Postal Service and the Fourth Amendment.”

Senior Circuit Judge Laurence Silberman for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a separate opinion arguing for another path to reject future Bivens claims.

At the Winston-Salem Police Department, the “gang-unit,” monitors social media of confirmed gang members.

Last week, in a 6-3 majority decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a law enforcement officer’s violation of Miranda does not provide a basis for a claim under 42 U.S.C. §1983.

The Supreme Court held that a plaintiff bringing a claim of malicious prosecution for a Fourth Amendment violation under 42 U.S.C. §1983 only needs to show prosecution ended without a conviction.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has reversed the Ninth Circuit’s decision, holding that Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) does not displace the state secrets privilege.

On October 8, 2021, Travis Tuggle petitioned the Supreme Court to determine whether long-term, continuous, and video surveillance of a home constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment.

The officers pulled into an alleyway and saw a group of 5 individuals. The officers got out of the vehicle, approached the group, and asked him if they had any guns. Then, one began to run.

In central Illinois, Sheriff’s Deputy Derek Suttles spotted a silver Volkswagen traveling well under the posted speed limit with a covering over the rear cargo area.

On August 11, 2014, Salt Lake City Police Officer Bron Cruz shot and killed Dillon Taylor after responding to a radio transmission from dispatch, reporting that an individual “flashed a gun.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit consolidated the appeals as they raised on common issue – whether recordings of phone calls made from prison were admissible at trial.

Saginaw, a city in Michigan, chalked car tires to enforce parking regulations. Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit considered whether suspicionless tire chalking is a valid administrative search.

From 2013 to 2016, several law enforcement agencies investigated a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in Illinois. The government installed three cameras on nearby utility poles to monitor the home of defendant Travis Tuggle. Two cameras viewed the front of Tuggle’s home and a nearby parking area. The third camera viewed a shed owned by codefendant, Joshua Vaultonburg.

In 2018, Alexander Bebris sent messages to a woman via Facebook Messenger, a private messaging system on Facebook. Facebook Messenger utilizes PhotoDNA, a Microsoft image-recognition program that provides the capability to scan images uploaded onto the company’s platform and compares the “hash,” or essence of a photo, with a database of known images of child pornography. After a “hit,” Facebook reviews the flagged images and sends them to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCMEC”) through the CyberTipline.