The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently issued a ruling in United States v. Larremore, a case that highlights the importance of Fourth Amendment rights in the context of consent and reasonable suspicion.

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently released a ruling in United States v. Moses, a case that considers whether a driveway is part of a home’s curtilage and therefore protected against warrantless searches. In April 2020, Ronell Moses was driving toward his home in Pittsburgh when Officer Hess observed the vehicle, smelling burnt marijuana. 

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently released an opinion in United States v. Concepcion, No. 23-6337 (2nd Cir. 2025), a case that considers the scope of sex trafficking statutes and the application of mens rea terms. In October 2019, Martin Concepcion met Camilla Rodriguez, a 16-year-old runaway, near a Bronx bodega. 

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently released a decision in  Davenport v. City of Little Rock, 142 F.4th 1036 (8th Cir. 2025) a case that considers the important balance between effective policing tactics inherent to high-risk raids and the protection of citizens Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches, forced entries, and excessive force.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently issued a decision in Klum v. City of Davenport, a case that challenges whether qualified immunity shields an officer who used deadly force against a man while he walked through a residential neighborhood with a handgun pressed to his own head.​

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently analyzed United States v. Williams, where the Court considered the scope of traffic stops and the parameters implied when conducting a protective frisk under Terry v. Ohio.

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