United States v. Patterson

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS

Barry Ted Moskowitz, Chief Judge, United States District Court

Presently before the Court is Defendant Kirk Patterson’s motion to suppress evi*998dence. (Def.’s Mot. to Suppress (“Def.’s MTS”), EOF No. 33.) The Court held an evidentiary hearing on June 21, 2017 and final arguments on July 14, 2017. For the reasons discussed below, Defendant’s motion is GRANTED.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On July 15, 2015, Probation Officers (“PO”) Erich Schmidt, with the assistance of POs Adam Stanton, Carlos Gomez and Omar Pazarin, searched apartment No. 3 located at 5945…