Legal Opinion
In Re Sealing & Non-Disclosure of Pen/Trap/2703(D) Orders
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided May 30, 2008No. Magistrate H-08-218M, H-08-219MPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
STEPHEN WM. SMITH, United States Magistrate Judge.
Cell phones and e-mail play just as big a role in criminal investigations as they do in everyday life. Two federal statutes 1 authorize law enforcement to compel telephone companies and Internet service providers to allow real-time monitoring of customer telephone and Internet usage (non-content), and to turn over customer phone records, cell site locations, stored emails, and other account information. Both statutes require a court order authorizing these forms of electronic surveillance in the course of a criminal…
2Cases cited57 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
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