United States v. Cazares-Olivas

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

After they arrested Francisco Cazares-Olivas and Israel Aguilera for drug offenses, federal agents sought a warrant to search the house where, the agents believed, Cazares-Olivas and Aguilera kept their inventory. It was after 11 pm, and the agents feared that if they waited until morning someone else might beat them to the stash. One agent and an Assistant United States Attorney called a federal magistrate judge at 11:37 pm. During a recorded conversation the agent took an oath to tell the truth and laid out facts that, the judge found, established probable cause for…