Court Opinion

ID: 9467302
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 01:44:56.02473+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:40:16.814292
License: Public Domain

FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge,
dissenting.
I voted for rehearing en banc and surely join in Judge Swygert’s concern whether the dogs were used in a manner which itself without further individual intervention invaded protected privacy rights. I further question whether the record demonstrates that the responses of the dogs were sufficiently reliable indicators of the presence of contraband to constitute probable cause justifying the individual searches. After all, it appears that although the canine response raised suspicion toward 50 students, only 15 were found to possess contraband. As to plaintiff Doe, I gather that she probably caused the dog to respond to her because she had been playing that morning with her own dog which was in heat. I was not, however, a member of the panel, did not read the briefs on appeal, nor hear oral argument with opportunity to question counsel, nor examine the record. I therefore go no further toward expressing at this stage an opinion on the merits of the appeal.