United States v. Natal-Rivera

FRANCISCO A. BESOSA, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

*274Pursuant to the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, defendant Víctor Natal-Rivera ("Natal") moved to suppress evidence seized by the Puerto Rico Police Department. (Docket No. 20.) The Court referred Natal's motion to suppress to Magistrate Judge Camille Vélez-Rivé for a report and recommendation ("R & R"). The magistrate judge denied the motion to suppress because Natal failed to attach an "affidavit or document setting forth or evidencing facts on which the motion is based" in contravention of Local Rule 147(a) ("Rule…