FourthAmendment Privacy
Whether the Government conducts a search under the Fourth Amendment when it accesses historical I.P. address records for a mobile app that provide a comprehensive chronicle of the user's past movement?
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW In Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018), this Court held that the Government conducts a search under the Fourth Amendment when it accesses historical cell phone records that provide a comprehensive chronicle of the user’s past movements. Here, the Government accessed, without a warrant, historical records for a mobile app loaded on Mr. Trader’s cell phone. The records, which spanned nearly a month, detailed all the internet protocol (“I.P.”) addresses that the app had connected to during that time. Like the cell phone records in Carpenter, the historic I.P. addresses provided a comprehensive chronicle of Mr. Trader’s movements during that month. Question Presented: Whether the Government conducts a search under the Fourth Amendment when it accesses historical I.P. address records for a mobile app that provide a comprehensive chronicle of the user’s past movement? i INTERESTED PARTIES There are no