The United States Government investigated Mr. David Levy for his role in a stock manipulation scheme.  Mr. Levy was aware that he faced potential criminal charges; his wife had been indicted in a related matter nearly a year earlier, and his attorney held a telephone conversation with federal prosecutors to discuss potential charges against Mr. Levy.

The government may retain computer evidence obtained outside the scope of an original, probable-cause search warrant and prosecute people for crimes based on that evidence, the Justice Department argued this week before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, sitting en banc.

On September 4, 2005, following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans police officers were dispatched to the Danziger Bridge.  In the chaotic atmosphere, two unarmed men were shot and killed.

The government may not conduct the equivalent of a Terry stop inside a person’s home without exigent circumstances, the Eleventh Circuit held this week.