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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Mar. 18, 2019

9th Circuit senior judge calls for reconsideration of parolees’ privacy rights

A senior judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals urged her colleagues Friday to reconsider the state of privacy law as it applies to probationers and parolees, saying relevant Fourth Amendment jurisprudence as it currently stands fails to adequately grapple with the reality of modern technology.

9th Circuit senior judge calls for reconsideration of parolees’ privacy rights
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Senior Judge Dorothy Nelson

A senior judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals urged her colleagues Friday to reconsider the state of privacy law as it applies to probationers and parolees, saying relevant Fourth Amendment jurisprudence as it stands fails to adequately grapple with the reality of modern technology.

The concurrence comes nine months after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in $95

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