Hopefully there's an appeal on this and this judge gets reprimanded for his decision. Functionally this is the equivalent of an apartment manager or condo manager being ordered to go into someone's house, search specifically for contraband and then remove that contraband. Just because they have emergency access and repair access does not make them a law enforcement agency nor does that mean that courts can order a private companies to perform searches and seizures outside of a law enforcement getting assistance to execute a search warrant.
The supreme Court is already ruled that 4th amendment protections do extend to cell phones. This order clearly runs contrary to that.
The supreme Court is already ruled that 4th amendment protections do extend to cell phones. This order clearly runs contrary to that.