On April 2, 2018, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Crocker v. Beatty[i], in which the court examined whether a deputy sheriff was entitled to qualified immunity when he seized the cell phone of a bystander who had taken [...]
On March 13, 2018, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Kendall v. Olsen et al.[i], in which the court discussed whether an officer violated the Fourth Amendment when he shot a dog in the plaintiff’s backyard while searching for [...]
On March 28, 2018, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Mitchell[i], in which the court discussed whether officers conducted a search under the Fourth Amendment when they sniffed the exterior of an apartment and smelled [...]
©2018 Brian S. Batterton, J.D., Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.LLRMI.com) On March 13, 2018, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Gates v. Khokhar et al.[i], in which the court discussed whether officers who arrested a protester for [...]
©2018 Brian S. Batterton, Attorney, Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.llrmi.com) On March 1, 2018, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of decided the United States v. Molina-Isidoro[i], in which the court examined whether agents with the Department of Homeland Security [...]
©2018 Brian S. Batterton, Attorney, Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.llrmi.com) On March 15, 2018, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Vergara[i], in which the court examined whether agents with the Department of Homeland Security violated [...]
©2018 Brian S. Batterton, Attorney, Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.llrmi.com) On February 12, 2018, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decided E.W. v. Dolgos[i], in which the court examined whether it violated the Fourth Amendment when a school police officer [...]
©2018 Brian S. Batterton, Attorney, Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.llrmi.com) On May 24, 2016, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Foster[i], in which the court discussed whether officers had sufficient reasonable suspicion to detain a [...]
©2018 Brian S. Batterton, Attorney, Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.llrmi.com) On February 16, 2018, the Court of Appeals of Georgia decided the State v. McCloud[i], in which the court discussed whether evidence should be suppressed based on the officer’s subjective [...]
©2018 Brian S. Batterton, Attorney, Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.llrmi.com) On February 20, 2018, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Callwood v. Jones et al.[i], in which the court examined the use of force against a suspect who was [...]