In Re of the United States for Historical Cell Site Data

OPINION

STEPHEN WM. SMITH, United States Magistrate Judge.

In three separate criminal investigations earlier this month, this court denied the Government’s request under the Stored Communications Act (SCA) to compel cell phone service providers to produce cell site information for target cell phones. Among other things, each application sought “records or other information pertaining to subscriber(s) or customer(s), including historical cell site information and call detail records (including any two-way radio feature mode) for the sixty (60) days prior to the date the Order is signed by the…