U.S. v. Cotterman, No. 09-10139 (9th Cir.) (709 F.3d 952) (March 8, 2013) (Judge M. Margaret McKeown)
Loaded on March 18, 2013
published in Punch and Jurists
March 18, 2013
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Reasonable Suspicion.
Here the Ninth Circuit became the first Circuit Court of Appeals to hold that Border Patrol agents need reasonable suspicion to conduct deep searches of computers and similar digital devices seized at the border due to the invasive nature of the search.
In this “watershed” en banc decision, …
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- U.S. v. Duris, No. 11-cr-573 (E.D.Pa.) (881 F.Supp.2d 675) (August 1, 2012) (Judge Magistrate)
- U.S. v. Cotterman, No. 09-10139 (9th Cir.) (709 F.3d 952) (March 8, 2013) (Judge M. Margaret McKeown)
- U.S. v. Leitch, No. 11-CR-00609 (JG) (E.D.N.Y.) ( F.Supp.2d ) (February 28, 2013) (Judge John Gleeson)
- Burt v. Titlow, No. 12-414 (U.S. Supreme Court) (571 U.S. 12; 134 S.Ct. 10) (November 5, 2013) (Justice Alito)
- Henderson v. U.S., No. 11-9307 (U.S. Supreme Court) (568 U.S. 266; 133 S.Ct. 1121) (February 20, 2013) (Justice Breyer)
- Evans v. Michigan, No. 11-1327 (U.S. Supreme Court) (568 U.S. 313; 133 S.Ct. 1069) (February 20, 2013) (Justice Sotomayor)
- Johnson v. Williams, No. 11-465 (U.S. Supreme Court) (569 U.S. 289; 133 S.Ct. 1088) (February 20, 2013) (Justice Alito)
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