United States v. Jeremy Stevenson

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Jeremy Stevenson entered a conditional guilty plea to two counts of possessing child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B). The district court 1 denied Stevenson’s motion to suppress evidence without a hearing, and quashed a subpoena that Stevenson had served on AOL, Inc. Stevenson appeals, and we affirm.

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AOL is an Internet service provider. In the course of operating its business, the company identifies certain files that may damage its network with “hash values.” A hash value is an algorithmic calculation that yields an alphanumeric value for a file.…