The following excerpt is from Xiong v. City of Merced, Case No. 1:13-cv-00083-SKO, C/w No. 1:13-cv-00111-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2015):
The Fourth Amendment only protects against unreasonable "searches" and "seizures." County of Sacramento v. Lewis, 523 U.S. 833, 843 (1998). "[I]t is not a general prohibition of all conduct that may be deemed unreasonable, unjustified, or outrageous." Medeiros v. O'Connell,
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