Opinion ID: 785775
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: JMOL on Davis's illegal search claim

Text: 35 The Fourth Amendment provides that [t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.... U.S. Const. amend. IV. Although the boundaries of what is and what is not a search are not always clear, it is axiomatic that a plaintiff alleging an unreasonable search must produce some evidence that a search has actually taken place. Here, Davis testified at trial that he was not patted down, and Davis's counsel conceded that there may[]be no direct evidence that Mr. Davis was searched. Because Davis produced no evidence that a search actually occurred, the court was correct in granting JMOL in favor of defendants. We affirm that decision. 36