USA v. Stein

Filing 136

Order on Motion for Reconsideration

MINUTES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF ALASKA
UNITED STATES v. MICHAEL R. STEIN
Case No. 1:03-cr-001-RRB-JDR
THE HONORABLE JOHN D. ROBERTS, United States Magistrate Judge

MINUTE ORDER FROM CHAMBERS
RE: Motion [135] for Clarification, Modification, or Reconsideration
of Order at Docket 134.
Defendant Michael R. Stein moves the court for clarification of the Order entered
at Docket 134 addressing issues of the 2255 motion. Docket 135. The Government did not file
an Opposition to the motion and the matter is now ripe for review.
The Court previously issued an interpretation of the list of grounds which Mr. Stein
raises in support of his Motion at Docket 120. Mr. Stein filed the instant motion in order to clarify
his claim at Ground 5. The Court GRANTS Mr. Stein's Motion to Clarify to the extent noted herein.
The Court reads Mr. Stein's Ground 5 Claim to be a Fourth Amendment Claim. The Court
expands it's reading of his claim to include the sub-parts listed below, in addition to the original
reading of Ground 5. As with the previous order regarding the issues identified from Defendant's
Motion to Vacate, the Court is not making a decision as to the merits or validity of any of the
Defendant's claims in this Order.
Ground 5: Law enforcement officers and judicial officials violated Defendant's right
to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures by their use of improper applications for and
issuances of search warrants violating the Constitution, statutes, agency procedures for searches
and seizures and Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41, in violation of Defendant's Fourth
Amendment rights.
A. The Defendant's mail was illegally seized.
B. The beeper order was issued by a federal judicial officer prior to an anticipatory
warrant in violation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41.
C. The beeper warrant failed to indicate the location and time of its' issuance.

D. The search warrant issued while the Defendant was detained at SEATAC did not
properly describe the person or property to be seized.
E. The search warrant issued while the Defendant was detained at SEATAC lacked
probable cause and the authorities requesting the warrant failed to corroborate the anonymous
witness tip.
F. The search warrant for the package was not executed properly upon delay of the
package and during daylight.
G. The search pursuant to the issuance of the search warrant for the package was
not timely conducted.
H. The search warrant was not provided to the Defendant before its execution.

Entered at the direction of the Honorable John D. Roberts, United States Magistrate Judge

September 15, 2010
Any request for other information or for clarification, modification, or reconsideration of this Order, or for extension of time must be made
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