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W.D.Tex. clarifies USMJs' position on cell phone tracking orders, summarizing all the case law

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

A Magistrate Judge of the Western District of Texas issues an opinion summarizing five years of case law to guide applications for cellular site location information (“CSLI”). In re United States for an Order: Authorizing the Use of a Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77319 (W.D. Tex. July 29, 2010): As technology has advanced, new investigative tools have become available that federal law does not explicitly address. The Court's focus in the present application is on cellular site location information (“CSLI”), which is information that resides on computer servers of telecommunications providers which allows law enforcement agencies to locate a cell phone, and its user, in both real time and, by accessing historical data, in the past...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on August 04, 2010 (boomark / email).