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· 12/18/2008

Bielanski v. County of Kane

Citations

  • 550 F.3d 632
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 26303
  • 2008 WL 5245997

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that court conditions compelling the defendant to attend court hearings, restricting her travel out of the state, and requiring an interview with probation were not a seizure
  • characterizing a summons, travel restriction, and interview requirement as \insufficient restraints on freedom of movement to constitute a seizure\
  • characterizing a summons, travel restriction, and interview requirement as “insufficient restraints on freedom of movement to constitute a seizure”
  • collecting cases and holding that summons to appear in court, order not to leave the state without permission, and required interview with probation officer do not rise to level of Fourth Amendment seizure
  • “Even late disclosure does not constitute a Brady violation unless the defendant is unable to make effective use of the evidence.”
  • “No court has 19 held that a summons alone constitutes a seizure . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Posner, Kanne, Rovner

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