United States v. Michael Weaver

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge PILLARD.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON. ■ PILLARD, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to answer a question left unresolved by the Supreme Court in Hudson v. Michigan, 547 U.S. 586; 126 S.Ct. 2159, 165 L.Ed.2d 56 (2006): Whether the exclusionary rule is applicable when law enforcement officers violate the Fourth Amendment’s knock-and-announce rule while executing a warrant to arrest a suspect found at home.

The knock-and-announce rule requires that, before officers executing a warrant enter a home, they knock on the door and…