United States Fourth Circuit

In a suit by a photojournalist seeking money damages against the federal government for FBI agents' alleged violations of the Privacy Protection Act (PPA) stemming from a search of her apartment, the district court’s order granting summary judgment to the United States is affirmed, where: 1) the facts as alleged showed that the officers had probable cause to believe that the plaintiff was involved in criminal activity; and 2) the search of her home related to the investigation of that activity, so that the "suspect exception" to the PPA applied.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/30/2012
• Published 01/30/2012

Judges

• Traxler

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey Louis Light, Julie Ann Edelstein