Center Art Galleries--Hawaii, Inc. William D. Mett v. United States

DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

The government appeals the district court’s order requiring the return of certain property pursuant to Rule 41(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The government makes three contentions: first, that the district court erred by holding that the search warrants which commanded seizure of the property were overbroad; second, that even if the warrants were over-broad, the district court should have denied the Rule 41(e) motion based on the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule; and third, that the district court should have applied the…