The following excerpt is from Stein v. City of San Diego, Case No. 19-cv-793-BAS-MDD (S.D. Cal. 2020):
The Fourth Amendment prohibits "unreasonable searches and seizures." Reasonableness is generally assessed by carefully weighing "the nature and quality of the intrusion on the individual's Fourth Amendment interests against the
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importance of the governmental interests alleged to justify the intrusion." Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1, 8 (1985).
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