FLOWERS v. BELL

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION ALICE MARIE FLOWERS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:21-cv-01812-JRS-MJD ) BRIAN BELL, ) ) Defendant. ) Order on Cross Motions for Summary Judgment and Other Motions I. Introduction This is a Fourth Amendment search and seizure case. Brian Bell, an officer with the Madison County Sheriff's Department, took Alice Flowers' phone during a traffic stop. Bell thought he had a valid warrant to take the phone, which was believed to have video evidence of crimes committed by Flowers' son during an encounter with the police,…