The following excerpt is from United States v. Rodriguez, 851 F.3d 931 (9th Cir. 2017):
We have said that an affidavit must include "specific facts relevant to the particular circumstances" of the case and not just boilerplate conclusions. United States v. Blackmon , 273 F.3d 1204, 1210 (9th Cir. 2001). Under this reasoning, statements pertaining to the conspiracy in general can be used to show why an investigative
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