Trinity Marine Products, Inc. v. Chao

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Over the objection of Trinity Marine Products, Inc. (“Trinity”), but pursuant to an administrative search warrant, compliance officers from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) inspected a workplace owned by Trinity and issued citations. Trinity claims that the search violated the Fifth Amendment because OSHA threatened to arrest Trinity personnel who interfered with the search, but the constitutionally required method to execute administrative warrants when the targeted party refuses to acquiesce is to commence a civil contempt proceeding,…