storage media or the seizure or copying of electronically stored information. Unless otherwise
specified, the warrant authorizes a later review of the media or other information consistent with
the warrant.’”) (citing Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(e)(2)(B)). Under this approach, “the initial section of
the warrants authorizing the electronic communications service provider to disclose all email
communications (including all content of the communications), and all records and other
information regarding the account is too broad and too general.” In re Applications for Search
Warrants for Information Associated with Target Email Accounts/Skype Accounts, Nos. 13–MJ–
8163, 13–MJ–8164, 13–MJ–8165, 13–MJ–8166, 13–MJ–8167, 2013 WL 4647554, at *1
(D.Kan. Aug. 27, 2013) (“In re App.”). Despite the Court raising its concerns and urging the
government to adopt a different approach, the government continues to ask for all electronically
stored information in e-mail accounts, irrespective of the relevance to the investigation.
To ameliorate these problems with respect to Alexis’s Facebook account, the Court
modified the search warrant to ensure that no third-party communications were turned over to the
government, see Facebook Opinion, 2013 WL 7856600, at *3, and to require that the
government destroy “[a]ll records and content that the government determines are NOT within
the scope of the investigation.” Id. at *7.
While those minimization procedures satisfied the Court in that particular case, it warned
the government to “adopt stricter search parameters in future applications” or the Court would be
“unwilling to issue any search and seizure warrants for electronic data that ignore the
constitutional obligations to avoid ‘general’ electronic warrants.” Facebook Opinion, 2013 WL
7856600, at *8. The Court recommended several different approaches, including key word
searches, using an independent special master to conduct searches, or segregating the people who
are performing the search from those who are conducting the investigation. Id. As the present
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