David Morel, Jr. v. United States
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Whether the warrantless search for personal IP address information related to images that Morel privately uploaded to Imgur, an image-hosting website, was unreasonable, because Morel had a reasonable expectation of privacy in that digital information, which law enforcement officials used to track his online activity and to locate his internet-connected computer in his home?
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the warrantless search for personal IP address information related to images that Morel privately uploaded to Imgur, an image-hosting website, was unreasonable, because Morel had a reasonable expectation of privacy in that digital information, which law enforcement officials used to track his online activity and to locate his internet-connected computer in his home?