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Probable Cause in Search-Warrant Contexts

The Ninth Circuit's approach to probable cause in search-warrant contexts, requiring evidence to support a fair probability that a machine contains contraband.

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Feb 4, 2026

How have federal circuits ruled on convictions based solely on browser caches or temporary downloads under §2252/2252A?

have not adopted a single rule; instead appellate courts treat browser-cache and temporary-download evidence as intensely fact-specific, reversing convictions where defendants lacked knowledge of cach...