Two § 1983 Fourth Amendment claims dismissed for failing to identify a real issue

“Smith denominates this claim as a § 1983 claim based on ‘impermissible interference in family relationships’ in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. The substance of her argument makes clear, however, that the Fourth Amendment is irrelevant to the claim. The claim depends on substantive due process doctrine, see Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982); Moore v. City of E. Cleveland, 431 U.S. 494 (1977); Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645 (1972), and arguably the Equal Protection Clause, see Stanley, 405 U.S. at 645.” Smith v. City of Wyoming, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 6833 (6th Cir. April 15, 2016).*

A landowner challenged a property rental inspection as a search under the Fourth Amendment, but the record is wholly inadequate to determine the question. “ Rakowski points to no facts indicating whether or how a search was made. We have been provided with no meaningful record as to what prompted the rental inspection, what actions the inspector took during the inspection or any efforts Rakowski made to refuse such an inspection. ‘If the record on appeal does not allow a meaningful and intelligent review of the alleged error, we decline to review it.’” City of Fargo v. Rakowski, 2016 ND 79, 2016 N.D. LEXIS 78 (April 12, 2016).*