The court of appeals reversed a judgment of the district court and remanded. The court held that plaintiffs in a civil rights action had made a sufficient showing of police officers’ deception in obtaining search and arrest warrants based on control of websites containing child pornography to survive summary judgment.
Washington State Police (WSP) officers Rachel Gardner and John Sager, based on an affidavit prepared by Gardner, obtained a search warrant to search Todd Chism’s home and business office. Relying on the same information contained in Gardner’s affidavit, deputy prosecutor Christian Peters obtained a warrant to arrest Chism. A few days later, several officers executed the warrants.
