United States v. Pawlak

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SIDNEY A. FITZWATER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

The instant motions to suppress and dismiss the indictment challenge the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (“FBI’s”) seizure of a computer server that hosted a child pornography website called “Playpen,” and the FBI’s ensuing operation of the website on a government server.- Following a hearing, and for the reasons, that follow, the court denies defendant Daryl Glenn Paw-lak’s (“Pawlak’s”) motions.1

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The facts of this case that are material to the- court’s decision are undisputed.2 In early 2015, acting, on a tip from…