United States v. Graham
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
796 F.3d 332 (2015)
Relevant factsFree
After Aaron Graham and Eric Jordan (defendants) were arrested for a series of armed robberies, the prosecution obtained court orders under the Stored Communications Act (SCA) to obtain 221 days of cell site location information (CSLI) from their cell service provider, without a warrant, to prove their locations at various times. The district court denied their motion to suppress the CSLI, and the jury convicted them. They appealed, arguing the warrantless acquisition of their CSLI violated the Fourth Amendment.
IssueFree
Whether the government's inspection of a cell service subscriber's long-term cell site location information constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment.