Case 1:14-mj-00228-JMF Document 11 Filed 08/08/14 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _____________________________ ) IN THE MATTER OF THE ) SEARCH OF INFORMATION ) ASSOCIATED WITH ) Magistrate Case No. 14-228 [REDACTED]@MAC.COM THAT IS ) STORED AT PREMISES ) CONTROLLED BY APPLE, INC. ) _____________________________) MEMORANDUM OPINION The government challenges an order by Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola denying its second application for a search warrant under § 2703 of the Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2701-12. The magistrate judge denied the government’s application on the ground that the requested warrant amounted to an unconstitutional general warrant due, in large part, to the procedures set forth in the application for executing the requested warrant. Following the magistrate judge’s denial of the search warrant application and the government’s subsequent challenge to that decision, the Electronic Frontier Foundation moved for leave to file an amicus brief. Because the government’s application complies with the Fourth Amendment and the specific procedures for executing the warrant are permissible under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41 and controlling case law, the magistrate judge’s order will be