{"id":63745,"date":"2026-04-02T09:21:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63745"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:21:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:21:59","slug":"ca9-first-cell-phone-warrant-was-issued-day-after-seizure-second-a-year-later-wasnt-unreasonable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63745","title":{"rendered":"CA9: First cell phone warrant was issued day after seizure; second a year later wasn&#8217;t unreasonable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The day after defendant\u2019s cell phone was seized, the government obtained a search warrant for it, and the warrant had a 90-day execution provision. Defendant concedes probable cause. The fact it took a year before a second warrant for the search of the phone was not unreasonable. <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov\/datastore\/memoranda\/2026\/03\/30\/24-1613.pdf\">United States v. Barnes<\/a>, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 9251 (9th Cir. Mar. 30, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The search warrant and affidavit are unsealed except for defendant\u2019s address and DOB. United States v. Legardye, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67679 (E.D. Mich. Mar. 30, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2255 petitioner\u2019s Fourth Amendment claim was raised and denied originally, and his vague assertions of a Fourth Amendment violation don\u2019t state a claim. Also, his change of plea statement contradicts his habeas petition. Denied. United States v. Garrett, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68517 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 31, 2026).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day after defendant\u2019s cell phone was seized, the government obtained a search warrant for it, and the warrant had a 90-day execution provision. Defendant concedes probable cause. The fact it took a year before a second warrant for the &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63745\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,23,63,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cell-phones","category-ineffective-assistance","category-reasonableness","category-warrant-papers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63746,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63745\/revisions\/63746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}