From The Volokh Conspiracy’s weekly Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions:
Fresno, Calif. police seize cash pursuant to a search warrant, give property owners an inventory sheet stating they seized $50k. Allegation: The cops actually seized $276k, stole the difference. Ninth Circuit: It isn’t clearly established that cops can’t steal things they’ve seized with a search warrant, so they get qualified immunity.
The sort of thing that makes me wonder if the Republic is about to go into the drink, or if whoever wrote that misinterpreted the Court.
