Elkins v. District of Columbia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) LAURA ELKINS, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 04-480 (RMC) ) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION This case concerns the seizure of documents at the home of Laura Elkins and John Robbins pursuant to a search warrant that authorized only a search of the home. The parties have litigated the legality of both the search and the seizure of documents since 2004, and this Court held that the search was valid, but that Plaintiffs’ Fourth Amendment rights were violated due to the unreasonable…