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The article presents a court case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the border search exception allowed warrantless cell phone searches only when finding digital contraband. In the case U.S. v. Cano, suspected drug trafficker Miguel Cano claimed that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when his phone was searched without a warrant. The circuit reversed Cano's conviction by a district court.

The article reports the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in the court case 'Doe v. United States,' in which the court granted a request to expunge a criminal conviction. Topics discussed include laws related to ways in which ancillary jurisdiction limits of the inherent powers of a federal court; the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 'Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America;' and lawful arrests and convictions.