Fourth Amendment
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Motion to Suppress After Warrantless Search
By Sarah Saint On October 23, 2015, in the criminal case of United States v. Dmytro Patiutka, the Fourth Circuit… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Found that Police Did Not Have a Reasonable Suspicion Justifying Detention of an Individual
By Whitney Pakalka On October 22, 2015, the Fourth Circuit issued its published opinion in the criminal case… Read More
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Fourth Amendment Protections Weakened in Deportation Proceedings
By Eric Jones On June 16, 2015, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in the civil removal case Yanez-Marquez… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment on the Basis of Qualified Immunity
By Malorie Letcavage Overview In a published opinion of a civil case issued on April 28, 2015, the Fourth Circuit… Read More
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Mandate Rule Bars 4th Amendment Claim on Appeal
By Dan Menken Today, in the unpublished opinion of United States v. Hawkins, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction of… Read More
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The “Totality of the Circumstances” Includes Conduct By Defendant Between The Time Police Officer Turns On Siren And When Vehicle Stops
By: Michael Klotz Today, in the unpublished opinion of Unites States v. Skyler Jovelle Holley, the Fourth Circuit reversed the… Read More
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Fourth Amendment Protects Curtilage of Home From Unreasonable Search
By Dan Menken Today, in the civil case of Covey v. Assessor of Ohio County, a published opinion, the Fourth… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Considers Fourth Amendment Rights of Parolees
By: Caroline Daniel In United States v. Hill, a published opinion released today, the Fourth Circuit considered how Fourth Amendment protections apply… Read More
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Search and Stop Are Proper with a Reasonable Suspicion
by David Darr On Friday, in United States v. Walker, an unpublished per curium opinion, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Reviews for Probable Cause
By: Diana C. Castro Today, in United States v. Jayad Zainab Ester Conteh, the Fourth Circuit affirmed by unpublished per… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms that Motions to Suppress Evidence are Time-barred
by David Darr Today, in United States v. Moore, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the District of Maryland’s judgment finding the… Read More
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GPS “Bullets” and the Fourth Amendment
4 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 18 Matthew F. Meyers For as long as there have been cars, there have… Read More