E.D.Wash.: No REP in an ISP’s mere subscriber records

There is no reasonable expectation of privacy in an ISP’s mere subscriber records. “The Government points out that it received Defendant’s name, address and telephone number as the subscriber of the subject IP address, but did not request or receive any web browsing history, content of communications nor historical location information. See ECF No. 174-1 at 32, ¶ 44. Thus, the Government contends there has been no Fourth Amendment violation. The Court agrees.” United States v. Murray, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176723 (E.D.Wash. Sept. 16, 2021).*

The plaintiff here is a commercial money courier which had $709,880 relieved of it in an attempted forfeiture. The court reverses the forfeiture order on the merits and never has to get to the legality of the search or seizure of the money. Olympic Financial Group v. State, 2021 Ind. App. LEXIS 291 (Sept. 17, 2021).*