U.S. v. HECKENKAMP

Nos. 05-10322, 05-10323.

482 F.3d 1142 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerome T. HECKENKAMP, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerome T. Heckenkamp, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Coleman, San Diego, CA, for the appellant.

Hanley Chew, Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for the appellee.

Before CANBY, HAWKINS, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

In this case, we consider whether a remote search of computer files on a hard drive by a network administrator was justified under the "special needs" exception to the Fourth Amendment because the administrator reasonably believed the computer had been used to gain unauthorized access to confidential records on a university computer. We conclude that the remote search was justified.

Although we assume that the subsequent search of the...

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