UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. AARON GRAHAM
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Motz, May 31, 2016,
Cell-Site Data – Third-Party Doctrine- The Fourth Amendment does not protect cellular service provider records of a defendant’s Cell Site Location Information (CSLI) where those records are generated as part of the provider’s ordinary course of business

(Concur- Wilkinson – Congress is in a better position to regulate technological privacy concerns than the courts)
(Dissent – Wynn with Floyd, Thacker- A cell-phone user does not “voluntarily” give location information to the cell-phone company, so there is a reasonable expectation of privacy. This is especially true given the vast amount of data in this particular case.)
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