What is the current state of the law on the seizure of electronic files in a search warrant?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Ekevin Brown By Its Successor Rebecca Brown v. Lambert, Case No.: 15-cv-1583-DMS (WVG) (S.D. Cal. 2017):

items may be seized." Id. The court acknowledged "that all items in a set of files may be inspected during a search, provided that sufficiently specific guidelines for identifying the documents sought are provided in the search warrant and are followed by the officers conducting the search." Id. However, the court also stated, "the wholesale seizure for later detailed examination of records not described in a warrant is significantly more intrusive, and has been characterized as 'the kind of investigatory dragnet that the fourth amendment was designed to prevent.'" Id. (quoting United States v. Abrams, 615 F.2d 541, 543 (1st Cir. 1980)). The court went on to state:

Id. at 595-96.

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