Scope: Federal
Branch: Judicial
Severity: Amber
Date occurred: September 24, 2026
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a 50-page decision in Kerron Andrews v. Baltimore City Police Department, a civil rights action naming the department, former Commissioner Kevin Davis, and individual officers. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. participated as an intervenor.
Constitutional basis: Appellate review of law enforcement cell-site location surveillance, an area where Fourth Amendment doctrine remains unsettled beyond established physical-search precedent.