D.Nev.: Def had no REP in USPS Express Mail with fictitious names; PC for SW included def’s IP address checking tracking of packages on USPS website

US Postal Inspectors found out that defendant was mailing express mail packages weekly from Las Vegas to Memphis from the same USPO facility. They reviewed video of the lobby and found the prior visits. They staked out the lobby and saw him in person. They checked the shipper and recipient on the packages by Accurint and other services. The address of the recipient was a real place, but the name was fictitious. They got a search warrant for this package and found over 1,000 hydros and oxys. They got warrants for a GPS installation on his car to log the trips to the USPO. They obtained bank records by subpoena and found how much was coming from Memphis. Last but not least, they tied him to the packages by getting the IP address of the person checking his packages on the USPS website. Ultimately, by using fictitious names of the sender and recipient, defendant waived any reasonable expectation of privacy in the packages. If they were damaged or misdelivered, he could never claim them. A Franks challenge also fails. United States v. Harris, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 174241 (D.Nev. Nov. 17, 2015), adopted 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2271 (D.Nev. Jan. 7, 2016).

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