United States Ninth Circuit

Under the Fourth Amendment, the expectation of privacy in a hospital mailroom used by the public is not one which society recognizes as reasonable, and the fact that a surveillance was conducted by video camera does not change the privacy analysis under the circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/05/2003
• Decided 05/05/2003
• Published 05/05/2003

Judges

• Before PREGERSON, THOMAS and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• James H. Locklin, Deputy Federal Defender, Los Angeles, CA, attorney for the defendant-appellant., Jacqueline Chooljian and Kevin Lally, Assistant United States Attorneys, attorneys for the plaintiff-appellee.