Criminal,
Constitutional Law
Sep. 27, 2024
Judge rebukes SF sheriff for ignoring order on pretrial release GPS
"My order is still the law," U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar said. Defendants who did not want to accept the sheriff's conditions of "unconstitutional searches" stayed in jail rather than be released with electronic monitoring, he said.
A federal judge in Oakland blasted the San Francisco Sheriff's Department on Thursday for "clearly and willfully" violating his order enjoining the office from imposing excessive pretrial release electronic monitoring conditions on criminal defendants, saying he would impose sanctions if the misconduct continued.
"My order is still the law," U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar said during a hearing on the plaintiffs' $95
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