{"id":63978,"date":"2026-05-02T12:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63978"},"modified":"2026-05-02T12:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:01:30","slug":"co-not-4a-or-state-constitutional-violation-for-govt-to-access-defs-computer-via-peer-to-peer-sharing-with-bittorrent-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63978","title":{"rendered":"CO: Not 4A or state constitutional violation for govt to access def&#8217;s computer via peer-to-peer sharing with BitTorrent software"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in files on his computer that were open for peer-to-peer sharing. Therefore, when the government used BitTorrent to access his computer, it did not violate the Fourth Amendment or the state constitution. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.coloradojudicial.gov\/en\/vid\/1118236507\">People v. Slusher<\/a>, 2026 COA 30 (Apr. 30, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decedent\u2019s traffic stop led to him being shot and killed. Plaintiff plausibly alleged a Fourth Amendment excessive force claim. Beck v. United States, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93300 (D.N.M. Apr. 27, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Stone, the inquiry is whether the state provided a mechanism to litigate Fourth Amendment claims before trial. The state does here. Cooper v. Cool, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95023 (N.D. Ohio Apr. 30, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2254 petitioner\u2019s Fourth Amendment claim is Stoned out. No COA on that or other issues in the case. Zuniga v. Marinich, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 12575 (6th Cir. Apr. 29, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in files on his computer that were open for peer-to-peer sharing. Therefore, when the government used BitTorrent to access his computer, it did not violate the Fourth Amendment or the state constitution. People &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63978\">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":[12,52,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-searches","category-excessive-force","category-issue-preclusion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63978","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=63978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63979,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63978\/revisions\/63979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}