Naray Palaniappan v. United States
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Where a warrant application requested authorization to search computers 'wherever located' but the warrant itself omitted that language, can government agents rely in good faith on the warrant to search a computer in New York?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Where a_ warrant application requested authorization to search computers “wherever located” but the warrant itself (1) stated that the application was to “search [] property located in the Eastern District of Virginia,” (2) omitted the “wherever located” language in describing the computers, and (8) failed to incorporate the application, can government agents rely in good faith on the warrant to search a computer in New York? 2. Where a search warrant fails to “particularly describ[e] the place to be searched,” U.S. Const. Amend. IV, but rather purports to authorize searches of “computers that are those of any user or administrator who logs into” a_ publicly accessible website, can government agents rely in good faith on the warrant to search thousands of computers around the world? i