Julia Henderson

Mayo
Cap Court Notes
-FBI didnt ask court to order Apple to unlock phone, but to help FBI in its attempts to unlock it
(Zetter).
-Sheri Pym is the magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court of Central California who ordered
Apple to help FBI, endorsing previously issued warrant (Zetter).
-Court order is an order issuing from a competent court that requires a party to do or abstain
from doing a specified act (Court Order).
-Pyms court order therefore requires Apple to comply and help FBI
-A judge may issue a search warrant if the affidavit in support of the warrant offers sufficient
credible information to establish probable cause (Adams and Blinka).
-Court order reenforces warrant for FBI to search phone with Apples help. Probable cause had
already been established so it was Pyms duty to issue court order so that the warrant was useful.
-Probable cause is a requirement found in the 4th Amendment that must usually be met before
policeconduct a search or receive a warrant (Probable Cause).
-The order Pym signed asks Apple to disable the feature that wipes the data on the phone after
10 incorrect ties at entering the password (Drum).
-Pyms colleague issued warrant same day as court order

Direct Examination Questions

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1. Whats your name? Sheri Pym
2. Current job? Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California
3. What schools have you attended? I graduated from Williams College in 1989, and obtained
my J.D. from UCLA Law School in 1994
4. What experience did you have prior to becoming a magistrate judge? After obtaining my
J.D., I worked at Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes and Lerach law firm for 7 years. I then
joined the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Central District of California in 2002, and worked
as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for 9 years. I also served as Chief of the Riverside Office for 5
years during that time. In 2011, I was appointed Magistrate Judge by President Obama.
5. Please read paragraphs 1 &2 of the issued court order.
6. Can you elaborate on what this is asking? This orders Apple to assist law enforcement agents
to enable the search of the phone seized from the previously issued search warrant.
7. Why did you decide to issue this order? The FBI presented probable cause in order to get
their warrant. But without Apples help the warrant is rendered useless. Since they had
already proved probable cause, forcing Apple to comply was within my authority in order to
give use to the warrant.
8. What is the significance of a court order? A person can be arrested and sentences to prison
for refusing to comply with a court order.

Works Cited
Adams, James A., and Daniel D. Blinka. Prosecutor's Manual for Arrest, Search and Seizure.
2nd ed. N.p.: n.p., 2004. Print.

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