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In the Matter of a Warrant to Search a Certain E-Mail Account Controlled and Maintained by Microsoft Corp.
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
15 F. Supp. 3d 466 (2014)
- Written by Rich Walter, JD
Facts
The United States government (defendant) persuaded a federal district court that the government had probable cause, as defined by the federal Stored Communications Act, to obtain a private individual’s email. The court issued a search warrant ordering the individual’s Internet service provider, Microsoft Corporation (plaintiff), to produce the email. Microsoft, which stored the requested email on a server located in Ireland, moved to quash the warrant on the grounds that the court had no jurisdiction to issue an extraterritorial search warrant.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Francis, J.)
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