Legal Opinion
United States v. Lavabit, LLC.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 16, 2014No. Nos. 13-4625, 13-4626PublishedCited by 195 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge AGEE wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge GREGORY joined.
AGEE, Circuit Judge:
Lavabit LLC is a limited liability company that provided email service. Ladar Levison is the company’s sole and managing member.1
In 2013, the United States sought to obtain certain information about a target2 in a criminal investigation. To further that goal, the Government obtained court orders under both the Pen/Trap Statute, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3123-27, and the Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2701-12, requiring Lavabit to turn over particular information…
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