United States v. Willie Russell, Jr., A/K/A Wild Bill

O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to consider whether the emergency doctrine or implied consent can support a warrantless search of a home on suspicion that a 9-1-1 caller or lurking predator was inside.

I

On Saturday, December 23, 2003, Willie Russell, Jr., placed two calls to the Sacramento Sheriffs Office (SSO) 9-1-1 dispatcher. In the first emergency call, Russell identified himself as “Gregory Hines,” and explained to the operator that a gun went off and hit him in the foot, that he was wounded and in pain, and that he wanted the dispatcher to call an ambulance. The…