Nationstar Mtge., LLC v. Pajuelo

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the “common” practice of dealers delivering drugs by car to store their supply elsewhere did not provide probable cause for search of defendant’s apartment
• affidavit “must provide a substantial basis for” conclusion that officers will find items sought in specified premises
• no nexus where police on one occasion observed the defendant leave the residence at issue and proceed to the controlled buy
• “Probable cause to search a particular location for contraband requires a timely . . . nexus to the illegal activity”
• search warrant for apartment not supported by probable cause where based on \single observation\ of sale of cocaine from motor vehicle at another location three days before warrant application
• officer’s practical experience insufficient basis for probable cause where no “particularized information”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).