Opinion ID: 3013929
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Officer Slawter

Text: On the evening of Valeria’s death, Officer Slawter was dispatched to secure the Myers’ mobile home. Slawter already been informed that Valeria had been found dead in the mobile home and that she may have been sexually assaulted. When his superior 11 officer informed him over the radio that the warrant had been signed, Slawter commenced to search the house. Slawter, along with Officers Haug and Gregory, seized materials he believed to be relevant to the investigation. The District Court granted Slawter qualified immunity, finding that he reasonably believed probable cause existed for performing the search due to information he received from his superior officers. Myers contends the grant of qualified immunity was erroneous, since Slawter was incapable of conforming to the parameters of the search warrant without first having read it. But Slawter was informed by his superior officer prior to the search that he was to investigate the possible abuse of a minor and that a search warrant had been signed. The District Court did not err in finding that Slawter reasonably believed the search was legally justified, and that he was able to limit his search to those items relevant to an investigation regarding the sexual abuse of a minor. We see no error.