Meek

MEMORANDUM ***

The government appeals the district court’s grant of Andrew Meek’s motion to suppress images obtained from his computer. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 8731 . Under this court’s recent en banc decision in United States v. Gourde, 440 F.3d 1065 (9th Cir.2006) (en banc), we reverse the decision of the district court and remand for further proceedings.

In Gourde , the FBI executed a search warrant after it obtained evidence from a credit card processing company that the email address of a known subscriber to a pornographic website and the corresponding home address were those of Gourde. Id. at 1067-68 . The supporting affidavit contained extensive background information on computers and the use of computers in child-pornography activities, identified the steps Gourde took to join the website, and stated that (1) the website offered both legal and illegal images of young gilds engaged in suggestive and sexually explicit conduct; (2) Gourde remained a member for over two months but could have cancelled at anytime; (3) Gourde had access to hundreds of images; and (4) each time Gourd entered the site, he must have seen a caption advertising 12 to 17…