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  • June 11, 2019
    decided Decision issued in United States v. Timothy Carpenter

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Opinion By Jane Branstetter Stranch June 11, 2019

JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge. This case returns on remand from the Supreme Court. In our prior opinion, the majority held that the Government's warrantless collection of Timothy Ivory Carpenter's cell-site location information (CSLI) did not violate the Fourth Amendment. The Supreme Court disagreed. The unconstitutionality of the Government's search was not clear until after the Supre…

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