United States Ninth Circuit

Probable cause is required for the warrantless search of the person or home of a pretrial releasee. A pretrial releasee's consent to any search is only valid if the search in question (taking the fact of consent into account) was reasonable. (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/10/2004
• Decided 06/09/2006
• Published 06/09/2006

Judges

• KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge., Before ALEX KOZINSKI, WILLIAM A. FLETCHER and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul L. Pugliese, Assistant United States Attorney, Reno, NV, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael K. Powell and Cynthia S. Hahn, Reno, NV, for the defendant-appellee.