Ruling Holds U.S. Government to Higher Standard When Seeking to Track Cell Users
Two weeks after an Eastern District of New York judge held that the government may use a pen register to track a cell phone holder's movements, a magistrate judge from the same courthouse has held the government to a higher standard when seeking permission to employ such devices. The decision marks the second foray in less than a month by an Eastern District judge into the nascent realm of pen registers, which are used by investigators to record information sent by electronic devices such as cell phones.
