United States v. Adekoya

MEMORANDUM ORDER

JOSEPH N. LAPLANTE, District Judge.

This case involves the warrantless seizure of an arrestee’s cellular phone, and the subsequent use of information from the ■ exterior of the phone in furtherance of an investigation. That arrestee, defendant Olawaseun Adekoya, was one of the targets of a sting operation that drew several of his acquaintances (but not Adekoya himself) to New Hampshire in order to purchase fraudulent ATM cards, which they intended to use to withdraw money from unknowing victims’ bank accounts. The plan was foiled by federal agents, who arrested the participants…