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T he di s tr i c tc ourtdi d note rri n de ny i ng F ul l e r ’ s m ot i ons t o s uppr e s s the w ir e tap e v id e n c e . T h e g o v e rn m e n t’s r e lia n c e o n a n in v a lidd e le g a tio n o r d e rin its w i r e t ap appl i c a t i ons w a s am i nori ns uf f i c i e nc ytha tdi d nots ubve rtthe c o n g r e s s io n a l p u rp o s e o f T itle I I I o f

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ni ted Stat es v . Cal lum , 41 0 F . 3d 57 1, 57 6 (9th C i r. 20 05 ); U ni te d State s v . Sw ann , 52 6 F . 2d 14 7, 14 9 (9th C i r. 19 75 ) ( per c uri am ). In a ddi t i on, the gove rnm e nt ’ s f a i l ur e t o c om pl yw i th the pr e s c r i be d m i ni m i z a t i on r e qui r e m e nt s doe s notw a rr a nts uppr e s s i on be c aus e the gove rnm e nts t i l l “ a dopt [ e d] r e a s onabl e m e a s ur e s t o r e duc e t o apr a c t i c a l m i ni m um the i nt e r c e pt i on of conv er sa t i on s unrel at ed t o the cr i m i nal ac t i vi ty und eri nv es t i gat i on . ” U ni ted Stat es v. McG u i re , 3 0 7 F .3 d1 1 9 2 , 1 1 9 9 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 2 ) . T he di s tr i c tc ourta l s o di d notc l e ar l ye rrbyf i ndi ng tha tF ul l e r ’ s t e xt m e s s a g e s w e r e o b ta in e d f r o m a n in d e p e n d e n t s o u r c e . Murray v . U ni ted Stat es , 487 U .S . 5 3 3 , 5 4 2 ( 1 9 8 8 ) . I n a d d itio n , F u lle rf

a ile d to m a k e as u b s ta n tia l p r e lim in a rys h o w in g to w a rr a n t ah e a r in g p u r s u a n t to Fra n ks v. D ela w a re , 4 3 8 U .S . 1 5 4 ( 1 9 7 8 ) . See U n ite d S ta te s v . W

h itw o r th , 8 5 6 F .2 d 1 2 6 8 , 1 2 8 0 - 8 2 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 8 8 ) ; U ni ted Stat es v. S ta n ert , 7 6 2 F .2 d 7 7 5 , 7 8 2 ( 9 th C ir .) , am e nde d by , 76 9 F . 2d 14 10 (9th C i r. 1 9 8 5 ) .3

F urthe r , the di s tr i c tc ourtdi d notc l e a r l ye rri n f i ndi ng tha tF ul l e r ’ s w a i ve rof c o u n s e l w a s u n e q u iv o c a l. See U ni ted Stat es v. Mendez- Sa nchez , 563 F . 3d 935, 944 ( 9th C i r . 2009) . T hus , the di s tr i c tc ourtdi d notabus e i t s di s c r e t i on by perm i tt i ng advi sorycoun se l t o w i thd raw and then d ec l i ni ng t o reapp oi ntadvi sory c o u n s e l. C

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v. S tew a rt , 1 3 3 F .3 d 1 2 5 3 , 1 2 6 9 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 8 ) ; U ni ted S ta te s v . Sa le mo , 81 F . 3d 1453, 1457 ( 9th C i r . 1996) . M or e ove r , the w i thdr a w a l of advi sorycoun se l w as no ta s ub st ant i al enou gh change i n ci rc um st ance s t o requi re a s e c ond he a r i ng pur s ua ntt o Fa r e tta v . Ca lifo rn ia , 4 2 2 U .S . 8 0 6 ( 1 9 7 5 ) . See U ni ted S ta te s v . H

a n tz is , 6 2 5 F .3 d 5 7 5 , 5 8 0 - 8 1 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 1 0 ) . T h e d is tr ic t c o u rt a ls o d id no tcl earl y e rri n con cl ud i ng thatF ul l erre qu es t ed coun se l atse nt enci ng i n b ad f a ith . C f. R o b in s o n v . I

g n a c io , 3 6 0 F .3 d 1 0 4 4 , 1 0 6 0 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 4 ) . F in ally, th e d istrict co u rt d idn o t ab u se it s d iscr etio n b y d en yin g F u ll er ’s m o tio n to c o n tin u e . U

n i ted S ta tes v. R i vera -G u errero , 426 F . 3d 1130, 1138- 39 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 5 ) . AF F I R ME D.