UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN THE MATTER OF THE SEARCH OF INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH [REDACTED]@MAC.COM THAT IS STORED AT PREMISES CONTROLLED BY APPLE, INC. Magistrate Case. No. 14-228 (JMF) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Pending before the Court is an Application for a search and seizure warrant pursuant to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and 18 U.S.C. § 2703(a), (b) and (c) to disclose certain records and contents of electronic communications relating to an Apple e-mail address. 1 Despite this Court’s repeated prior warnings about the use of formulaic language and overbroad requests that—if granted—would violate the Fourth Amendment, this Court is once again asked by the government to issue a facially overbroad search and seizure warrant. For the reasons explained below, the government’s application for a search and seizure warrant will be denied. I. Background As part of an investigation of a possible violation of 41 U.S.C. § 8702 (Solicitation and Receipt of Kickbacks) and 18 U.S.C. § 371 (Conspiracy) involving a defense contractor, the government has filed an application for a search warrant (the “Application”) targeting a specific 1 All references to the United States Code are to the electronic versions that appear in Westlaw or Lexis.