Vol. 40 No. 7 NO FOURTH AMENDMENT VIOLATION WHERE WARRANTLESS ENTRY AND SEARCH OF PLAINTIFF’S HOME WAS JUSTIFIED UNDER THE HOT-PURSUIT EXCEPTION
In Newman v. Underhill,[1] the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the hot-pursuit exception to the warrant requirement applied in affirming summary judgment for deputies where they entered a plaintiff’s home without a warrant while pursuing a fleeing suspect. In reaching its conclusion, the Court held that, as a matter of law, (1) the […]