On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, federal Magistrate Judge Sallie
Kim ordered the Rohnert Park police department to retrain its
officers on the proper methods and laws regarding probation
searches. This significant ruling stems from a previous decision
that held three of the city's officers responsible for
violating the rights of the Barajas family.
After police officers from the City of Rohnert Park in
California came to Elva and Raul Barajas' home in November
2014, the family filed a civil suit alleging that the officers
conducted an unlawful search of their home despite the "search
condition" of their son Edgar Perez' probation. The case
— led by MoFo Commercial Litigation and Trial Practice Group
chair Arturo González and litigation partners
Alexis Amezcua and Caitlin Blythe — was based on
allegations that Rohnert Park police officers Jacy Tatum, David
Rodriguez, and Matthew Snodgrass conducted a
'suspicionless' search of the family's home while
seeking out their
