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CA9: Plaintiff's arrest for being on No-Fly list stated claim for person who directed it

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Virginia defendant was properly sued in California. He received a telephone call about plaintiff being on the TSA No-Fly list, and he directed she be detained. She was handcuffed in front of her daughter, held three hours, and released. Rahinah v. Dep't of Homeland Security, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 17572 (9th Cir. August 18, 2008).* Affidavit for search warrant was not so facially deficient that the good faith exception should not apply. State v. Akers, 2008 Ohio 4164, 2008 Ohio App. LEXIS 3523 (12th Dist. August 18, 2008).* Defendant invited officers into his house because he didn't want to talk to them on his step. They were there to tak about a grow operation, and they knew that confederates had been arrested with guns. Once inside, defendant was acting nervously, and that justified a patdown...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on August 20, 2008 (boomark / email).