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United States v. Megahed

2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24441 (2009)

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United States v. Megahed

United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24441 (2009)

  • Written by Sharon Feldman, JD

Facts

Youssef Megahed (defendant) was a college student who resided with his parents. Megahed went on a road trip with a fellow student. During a traffic stop, police officers found explosives in the car. Megahed was arrested. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents searched Megahed’s family residence and seized a desktop computer pursuant to consent obtained from Megahed’s father. Megahed’s father asked that the computer be returned after the FBI copied the hard drive. The following day, Megahed’s father executed a consent authorizing the FBI to search the computer. The FBI captured a mirror-image copy of the hard drive and returned the computer to Megahed’s father. Megahed was indicted for transporting explosive materials in interstate commerce without a permit. Two months after Megahed’s father consented to the search of the family residence and Megahed’s computer, Megahed and his parents revoked their consent to search the computer. Megahed moved to suppress certain Internet history discovered in the course of the FBI’s examination of the mirror-image copy of his hard drive.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Merryday, J.)

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