U.S. v. McLAMB

No. 17-4299.

880 F.3d 685 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert McLAMB, Defendant-Appellant, Privacy International; Electronic Frontier Foundation; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amici Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Andrew William Grindrod , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant. Richard Daniel Cooke , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Geremy C. Kamens , Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Dana J. Boente , United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Elizabeth M. Yusi , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee. Scarlet Kim , PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL, London, United Kingdom, James R. Theuer , JAMES R. THEUER, PLLC, Norfolk, Virginia, for Amicus Privacy International. Cindy Cohn , Mark Rumold , Andrew Crocker , ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Electronic Frontier Foundation. Elizabeth Franklin-Best , BLUME FRANKLIN-BEST & YOUNG, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Amicus National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Thacker wrote the opinion, in which Judge Duncan and Judge Cogburn joined.


Robert McLamb ("Appellant") challenges the district court's order denying his motion to suppress evidence of child pornography contained on a hard drive recovered at his home. The Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") obtained the evidence in the course of its investigation of a child pornography website called "Playpen...

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