United States Ninth Circuit

In a prosecution for conspiracy, sex trafficking and coercion, and enticement to travel for the purpose of prostitution, a grant of defendants' motion to suppress evidence is affirmed where the warrantless seizure of defendants' residence, which lasted a minimum of 26.5 hours, was constitutionally unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/14/2009
• Decided 03/09/2010
• Published 03/09/2010

Judges

• Before ROBERT R. BEEZER, SUSAN P. GRABER and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa J. Stark, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D .C., for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• G. Patrick Civille, Civille & Tang, PLLC, Howard Trapp, Howard Trapp Inc., Hag