DEA’s Subpoena Of Hotmail Account Did Not Violate 4th Amendment, 7th Circuit Rules

Mealey's (August 18, 2016, 1:27 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) did not violate the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in issuing subpoenas on a man’s email provider and Internet service provider (ISP) because he had no expectation of privacy in his computer’s Internet protocol (IP) address, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found Aug. 17, affirming a district court’s denial of the defendant’s motion to suppress in a drug possession case (United States of America v. Frank Caira, No. 14-1003, 7th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 15098)....