Legal Opinion
United States v. Jerome T. Heckenkamp, United States of America v. Jerome T. Heckenkamp
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 5, 2007No. 05-10322, 05-10323PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
In this case, we consider whether a remote search of computer files on a hard drive by a network administrator was justified under the “special needs” exception to the Fourth Amendment because the administrator reasonably believed the computer had been used to gain unauthorized access to confidential records on a university computer. We conclude that the remote search was justified.
Although we assume that the subsequent search of the suspect’s dorm room was not justified under the Fourth Amendment, we conclude that the district court’s denial of the suppression motion…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Murray v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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