Order requiring Apple, Inc. to assist in the execution of a search warrant issued by the court et al

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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: On October 8, 2015, the government submitted under seal an application for an order pursuant to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, directing Apple, Inc. to assist in the execution of a federal search warrant by disabling the security of an Apple device that the government has lawfully seized pursuant to a warrant issued by this court. I respectfully direct the Clerk to maintain that document under seal on the public docket of this matter. I further respectfully direc t the Clerk to file on the public docket of the same matter my Memorandum and Order dated October 8, 2015, which ruled on the government's application without referring to any specific information that would compromise a continuing investigation.. Ordered by Magistrate Judge James Orenstein on 10/9/2015. (Gillespie, Saudia)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

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IN RE ORDER REQUIRING APPLE, INC.
TO ASSIST IN THE EXECUTION OF A
SEARCH WARRANT ISSUED BY THIS
COURT.

MEMORANDUM
AND ORDER
15-MC-_QO)

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JAMES ORENSTEIN, Magistrate Judge:
On October 8, 2015, the government submitted under seal an application for an order
pursuant to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, directing Apple, Inc. to assist in the execution of a
federal search warrant by disabling the security of an Apple device that the government has lawfully
seized pursuant to a warrant issued by this court. I respectfully direct the Clerk to maintain that
document under seal on the public docket of this matter. I further respectfully direct the Clerk to file
on the public docket of the same matter my Memorandum and Order dated October 8, 2015, which
ruled on the government's application without referring to any specific information that would
compromise a continuing investigation. 1
SO ORDERED.
Dated: Brooklyn, New York
October 9, 2015

Isl
JAMES ORENSTEIN
U.S . .Magistrate Judge

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Before issuing the instant order, I allowed the government to review a draft of the Memorandum and
Order so that it could identify any information in the document that should properly remain under
seal; the government advised that the document contained no such information.