Mattke

Pineda Vargas v. Mattke

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaNovember 22, 20225:22-cv-03287California2,881 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

I. BACKGROUND

23 As alleged in the Complaint, a no-knock warrant was executed by several officers at 24 Plaintiff’s home around 4:30 a.m. on June 6, 2021. ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶ 21. The actual target 25 of the search warrant was an individual named Jesus Gonzalez, but he did not live on the premises. 26 Id. ¶ 22. The search warrant was obtained by Justin Mattke of the City of Greenfield Police 27 Department on June 4, 2021. Id. ¶ 35. Plaintiffs began leasing their home on or around May 1, 2021, and Jesus Gonzalez had not lived on the premises at least since that date. Id. ¶¶ 24, 36. The information Mattke provided to the Superior Court Judge to obtain the search warrant is sealed under a Hobbs sealing order, which Mattke requested. Id. ¶ 37. Mattke requested permission to search the residence at night, which the judge granted. Id. ¶ 40. The warrant identified the property to be searched as “photographs and albums depicting gang members or gang activity, scrapbooks of newspaper articles describing gang crimes, address books of gang members, any current phone numbers and addresses of fellow gang members [with] whom they associate . . . , …

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