{"id":63730,"date":"2026-03-29T16:53:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T21:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63730"},"modified":"2026-03-29T16:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T21:53:24","slug":"e-d-pa-computers-smart-devices-cellular-phones-gaming-console-hardwares-software-digital-storage-media-and-their-associated-peripherals-is-particular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63730","title":{"rendered":"E.D.Pa.: \u201ccomputer(s), smart device(s), cellular phone(s), gaming console hardware(s), software, digital storage media, and their associated peripherals\u201d is particular"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a child pornography case, \u201ccomputer(s), smart device(s), cellular phone(s), gaming console hardware(s), software, digital storage media, and their associated peripherals\u201d is particular enough. United States v. Margerum, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65406 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 26, 2026):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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While these are certainly generic descriptors fitting a wide range of possible devices and files, they are specific enough to bracket the police’s search to only items relevant to the crime under investigation. Prior to the search, police did not know the file contents of each device in the Margerum household. While several of the seized items might not contain any child sex abuse material files, the police were permitted by the warrant and case law to seize them until a preliminary inspection was possible. See Stabile, 633 F.3d at 237-40; Christine, 687 F.2d at 760. Therefore, this was not a general search, or a “rummage[e]” through Margerum’s life, it was a properly tailored search as part of a criminal investigation. Andresen, 427 U.S. at 480. Indeed, based on the Receipt of Seized Property, and uncontested by Margerum, only responsive items were in fact seized during the search. The warrant’s scope did not violate the particularity requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a child pornography case, \u201ccomputer(s), smart device(s), cellular phone(s), gaming console hardware(s), software, digital storage media, and their associated peripherals\u201d is particular enough. United States v. Margerum, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65406 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 26, 2026):<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-searches","category-particularity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63731,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63730\/revisions\/63731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}