United States v. Lough

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE [DKT. NO. 43]

IRENE M. KEELEY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Pending before the Court is the motion to suppress filed by the defendant, Michael P. Lough (“Lough”), seeking to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a warrant issued by United States Magistrate Judge Theresa Carroll Buchanan of the Eastern District of Virginia. For the reasons that follow, the Court DENIES the motion (dkt. no. 43).

I. BACKGROUND

In December of 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) became aware that a website operating on the “dark…