Sample Motion to Suppress Keyword Search Warrant Template

Order granting the defendant's request for the Colorado Supreme Court to hear argument on a reverse keyword warrant after the district court's ruling.

The Colorado Supreme Court's ruling on the Rule 21 petition in the Seymour case. 

The attached motion to suppress from People v. Seymour challenges the constitutionality of a reverse keyword warrant served on Google for anyone who searched for a particular physical address over 15 days. If you have a reverse search case or additional questions, please contact the Fourth Amendment Center at 4ac@nacdl.org

Attached is the Superior Court's order permitting the suppression of evidence from a geofence warrant in People v. Dawes. The Fourth Amendment Center's litigation director was co-counsel for the defendant. If you have a geofence case or questions about geofence warrants, please reach out the Center at 4ac@nacdl.org.

Motion to Suppress Geofence Warrant (ECF 29)

Geofence Discovery Motion

Reply brief of the appellant in US v. Chatrie. Michael Price, the Fourth Amendment Center's Litigation Director, is co-counsel for Mr. Chatrie. 

Below is a the Joint Appendix to the US v Chatrie appeal brief filed by the Center's Litigation Director, Michael Price, and Co-counsel. This case contains the use of a Geofence Warrant

Amicus Brief by Google in Support of Neither Party

Amicus Brief filed by American Civil Liberities Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Virgina, and Eight Federal Public Defender Office in US v. Chatrie in support of the appelate. Our litigation director is co-counsel for the appelate. 

This redacted motion aims to serve as an example for attorneys drafting similar motions to suppress evidence from geofence warrants.

Dawes Motion to Suppress Geofence Warrant

The full appeal brief as filed attached below. 

Geofence warrants are a type of reverse warrant where the government seeks to know who was within a “geofence,” a defined physical area during a specific period of time. These are a type of “reverse warrant,” used to identify suspects when none are known without the data gathered by the warrant. The government utilizes geofence warrants to compel companies, such as Google, to produce information about devices interacting with their technology within a particular geographic region, which often includes many people who are wholly unconnected to the event being investigated.