The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently released a decision in Davenport v. City of Little Rock, 142 F.4th 1036 (8th Cir. 2025) a case that considers the important balance between effective policing tactics...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently analyzed United States v. Williams, where the Court considered the scope of traffic stops and the parameters implied when conducting a protective frisk under Terry v....
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently rendered a ruling in United States v. Ray, a case that stemmed from an investigation looking into Joshua Ray, a member of the United...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently released a decision in United States v. Morgan, a case that considers whether the Fourth or Fifth Amendment required excluding the contents of the...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently rendered an opinion in United States v. Puckett, a case that analyzes Fourth Amendment protections in the context of prolonged traffic stops and the...
Continue ReadingIn a recent case decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently rendered a decision in United States v. Barry, a case that examines the application of Fourth Amendment protections against...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in United States v. Holcomb, 23-469 (9th Cir. 2025), where the Court considered “whether an individual can be prosecuted for despicable criminal...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently rendered a decision in Davis v. City of Little Rock, No. 23-1636 (8th Cir. 2024), a case that considered the boundaries of permissible no-knock warrants,...
Continue ReadingIn a recent case out of the Tenth Circuit, the court was tasked with assessing Ibarra v. Lee, No. 24-5070 (10th Cir. 2025), which considers the availability of qualified immunity after officers fatally shot an...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently decided United States v. Maytubby, a case that evaluates whether a confession obtained during a police interview was voluntary under the Fifth Amendment, highlighting...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently issued its opinion in Bakutis v. Dean, a case that provides guidance on the use of deadly force under the Fourth Amendment and examines the...
Continue ReadingThe Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision in United States v. In, 124 F.4th 790 (9th Cir. 2024), after the defendant, Larry In, was charged with being a felon in possession of a...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently addressed the State Created Danger Doctrine in Cohen v. City of Portland. This case arose after Eric Cohen, experiencing a psychotic episode, attacked his girlfriend...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Johnson v. Myers, 129 F.4th 1189 (9th Cir. 2025), where the Court considered whether a suspect posed an immediate threat to officers...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently addressed the intersection of modern surveillance technology and the Fourth Amendment in United States v. Harry, 130 F.4th 342 (2d Cir. 2025). As part of...
Continue ReadingOn May 15, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States released its long-anticipated opinion in Barnes v. Felix, S.Ct.., 2025 WL 1401083. The unanimous 9-0 decision clarified and reiterated several critical principles for assessing...
Continue ReadingThe Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently analyzed the case Baca v. Cosper, where the Court considered whether a police officer’s use of deadly force against a mentally diminished elderly woman was objectively reasonable under the...
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a recent decision in United States v. Poller, 129 F.4th 169 (2d Cir. 2025). As part of an ongoing investigation into suspected drug and weapons offenses,...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently rendered a decision in the case Balogh v. Virginia.1 This case arose in the wake of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, organized...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently issued a decision in the case of United States v. Rose, where the Court considered whether officers’ observations of tinted windows can establish probable cause...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently issued a decision in the case Stearns v. Wagner, 122 F.4th 699 (8th Cir. 2024), which arose in the wake of George Floyd’s death after...
Continue ReadingThe Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a recent decision in Puente v. City of Phoenix1, a case that examines law enforcement’s application of force when attempting to maintain order in response to large crowd-control situations....
Continue ReadingTenth Circuit’s Cuervo v. Sorenson Lessons for Tactical Operations Compliance with the Fourth Amendment Arising out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the case of Cuervo v. Sorenson scrutinizes the...
Continue ReadingThe United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently issued a decision which considered the scope of law enforcement’s authority to conduct a warrantless vehicle search incident to a lawful arrest based on...
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