United States v. Wei Seng Phua

ORDER ON OBJECTIONS TO REPORTS OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

ANDREW P. GORDON, District Judge.

The Fourth Amendment protects “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures.” U.S. Const, amend. IV. This case tests the boundaries of how far the government can go when creating a subterfuge to access a suspect’s premises. Here, the government disrupted the internet service to the defendant’s hotel room in order to generate a repair call. Government agents then posed as repairmen to gain access to the defendant’s room…