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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Aug. 28, 2009

Warrants Misused In Steroid Probe

Federal agents investigating steroid use in major league baseball misused search warrants and subpoenas to wrongly seize players' lab test results, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded Wednesday.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal agents investigating steroid use in major league baseball misused search warrants and subpoenas to wrongly seize players' lab test results, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded Wednesday.

The decision by Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, writing for the eight-judge majority on an 11-judge panel, blasted government agents for raids on labs in Long Beach and Las Vegas in 2003 that...

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