United States v. Luke Wilson

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13 F.4th 961
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 21, 202118-50440California10,464 words

Opinion

Opinion

Berzon, J.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 18-50440 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 3:15-cr-02838-GPC-

LUKE NOEL WILSON,

Defendant-Appellant. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Gonzalo P. Curiel, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 15, 2019 Pasadena, California

Filed September 21, 2021

Before: Marsha S. Berzon and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges, and Robert H. Whaley, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Berzon

* The Honorable Robert H. Whaley, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Criminal Law

The panel vacated a conviction for possession and distribution of child pornography, reversed the district court’s denial of a motion to suppress, and remanded for further proceedings in a case in which the panel addressed whether the government’s warrantless search of the defendant’s email attachments was justified by the private search exception to the Fourth Amendment.

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