The following excerpt is from Delfin v. I.N.S., 83 F.3d 426 (9th Cir. 1996):
1 The Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule does not apply to civil deportation proceedings, unless there was an "egregious" violation of the Fourth Amendment transgressing notions of fundamental fairness. INS v. Lopez-Mendoza, 468 U.S. 1032, 1050-51 (1984). Because of our holding that the taint of any Fourth Amendment violation in this case was purged, we do not reach Delfin's contention that the violation was "egregious."
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