D.Kan.: Cell phone ping order was issued on PC; additional claim of exigency to speed it up wasn’t unconstitutional

The government obtained a tracking warrant from a Kansas state court judge to ping two cell phones to find the owners, and they were issued on probable cause and complied with the Fourth Amendment. Because it was the weekend, the phone provider was dragging its feet, so the officer stated exigent circumstances existed. Because the warrant issued on probable cause, the question of exigency to motivate the phone company wasn’t unlawful because the warrant was an independent source. United States v. Moreno-Magana, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12978 (D.Kan. Feb. 3, 2016).