Sennett v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION

T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.

At issue on the government’s motion to dismiss, or in the alternative for summary judgment, is whether the “suspect exception” to the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 (“PPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000aa(a)(1), (b)(1), bars plaintiffs claim that federal law enforcement officers violated her PPA rights by searching her home and seizing photographs and photographic equipment. The PPA’s “suspect exception” applies only where government officials have probable cause to believe that the target of the search has committed an offense, and the materials seized…