Court Opinion

ID: 9476011
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 05:45:58.168736+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:45:05.584725
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REINHARDT, Circuit Judge,
concurring specially:
For the reasons set forth in our per curiam opinion, I concur. I write separately only to emphasize my belief that the use of police dogs in homes is unreasonable and thus unconstitutional. See United States v. DiCesare, 765 F.2d 870, 901-03 (9th Cir. 1985) (Reinhardt, J., concurring). The government appears to argue that the dog did not participate in the search, but only in the arrest. The use of dogs to arrest suspects in their homes is even worse than the use of dogs to conduct searches of people’s homes. I think that we should note our strong disapproval of such practices whenever we have the opportunity to do so. I do so here once again.