Second Circuit· 11/24/2008

United States v. Odeh

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552 F.3d 157
2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 24054

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holding that searches of U.S. citizens conducted abroad by U.S. agents are not governed by the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement and need only be reasonable
holding that foreign citizens are protected against unlawful searches and seizures by United States government in foreign countries
holding that “the Fourth Amendment’s Warrant Clause has no extraterritorial application”
observing that its previous holding articulated in United States v. Toscanino , 500 F.2d 267 (2d Cir. 1974), \that aliens may invoke the Fourth Amendment against searches conducted abroad by the U.S. government\ was \no longer valid in light of Verdugo-Urquidez \
applying traditional principles to hold that the Fourth Amendment’s Warrant Clause has no extraterritorial application and that foreign searches of U.S. citizens con- ducted by U.S. agents are subject only to the Fourth Amend- ment’s requirement of reasonableness
“[W]e hold that the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement does not govern searches conducted abroad by U.S. agents; such searches of U.S. citizens need only satisfy the Fourth Amendment’s requirement of reasonableness.”

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Judges: Cabranes, Feinberg, Newman

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