( September 29, 2026, 9:24 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Asserting that “no federal court of appeals has squarely addressed whether law enforcement’s use” of cell-site simulators “for real-time tracking of a cellphone constitutes a search for purposes of the Fourth Amendment,” the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that such tracking does constitute a search — but summary judgment in favor of the appellees was nonetheless proper because “the detectives are entitled to qualified immunity and state law public official immunity” and the police department “cannot be held liable for the violation of [the appellant’s] Fourth Amendment rights.”...