United States Ninth Circuit

Because plaintiff had no reasonable expectation of privacy in documents that were the subject of a previous lawful seizure, the lack of notice and opportunity to contest the subpoena and defendant's subsequent search of these documents resulted in no constitutional deprivation. (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/07/2003
• Decided 01/06/2004
• Published 02/06/2004

Judges

• Before JOHN T. NOONAN, JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph J. Wiseman, Petaluma, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scott T. Nonaka, Assistant United States Attorney (briefed);  Tracie L. Brown, Assistant United States Attorney (argued), San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellee.