EXHIBIT C

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AO 93 (Rev. 11/13) Search and Seizure Warrant LPn

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

for the

Eastern District of California

In the Matter of the Search of )

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Information associated with email accounts identified in )

Attachment A that is stored at premises controlled by the

California Attorney General's Office

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SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRANT

To: Any authorized law enforcement officer

An application by a federal law enforcement officer or an attorney for the government requests the search

of the following person or property located in the Eastern District of California

Case No.

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(identify the person or describe the property to be searched and give its location):

SEE ATTACHMENT A, attached hereto and incorporated by reference.

Ifind that the affidavit(s), or any recorded testimony, establish probable cause to search and seize the person or property

described above, and that such search will reveal (identify the person or describe the property to be seized):

SEE ATTACHMENT B, attached hereto and incorporated by reference.

YOU ARE COMMANDED to execute this warrant on or before May 2,2017 (not to exceed 14 days)

0 1 in the daytime 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. 0 at any time in the day or night because good cause has been established.

Unless delayed notice is authorized below, you must give a copy of the warrant and a receipt for the property taken to the

person from whom, or from whose premises, the property was taken, or leave the copy and receipt at the place where the

property was taken.

The officer executing this warrant, or an officer present during the execution of the warrant, must prepare an inventory

as required by law and promptly return this warrant and inventory to: any authorized U.S.Magistrate Judge in theEastern

DistrictofCalifornia.

0 Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3103a(b), I find that immediate notification may have an adverse result listed in 18 U.S.C.

§2705 (except for delay of trial), and authorize the officer executing this warrant to delay notice to the person who, or whose

property, will be searched or seized (check the appropriate box)

1:1 for days (not to exceed 30) 0 until, the facts justifying, the later specific date of 

Date and time issued: fIficrir? 4 96 4 4A

City and state: Sacramento,California AllisonClaire,U.S. Magistrate Judge

Printed name and title

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AO 93 (Rev. 11/13) Search and Seizure Warrant (Page 2) (modified)

Return

Case No.: Date and time warrant executed:

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Copy of warrant and inventory left with:

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Inventory made in the presence of :

Inventory of the property taken and name of any person(s) seized:

Certification

Iswear that this

Subscribed, sworn

inventory is a true and detailed account of the person or property taken by me on the warrant.

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to, and returned before me this date.

Signature of Judge Date

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ATTACHMENTA

Description of Property to be Searched

This warrant applies to information associated with the following email addresses for the

time period of, 2010-2016:

carl.ferrer@backpage.com,

carl@backpage.cotn,

ferrer.carl@gmail.com,

andrew@backpage.com,

joye@backpage.com,

adam@bacicpage.com,

abuse@backpage.com,

jim.larkin@villagevoicemedia.com, and

michaellacey@villagevoicemedia.com,

that is stored at the California Attorney General's Office, located at 1300 I Street,

Sacramento, California, 95814.

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ATTACHMENTB

Items to be Searched and Seized

I. Items to be seized by the government

All information, in whatever form it exists, that constitutes fruits, evidence, and

instrumentalities of violations of Title 18, United States Code §§ 1952(a) (Interstate and

Foreign Travel or Transportation in Aid of Racketeering Enterprises); 1956(a)(1)(A)(i)

(Promotional Money Laundering); and 1956(h) (Conspiracy to Commit Money

Laundering) involving Backpage.com, including, for each account, address, or identifier

listed in Attachment A, information pertaining to the following matters:

a. Any information related to Backpage.com matters;

b. Any communications to, from, or concerning Backpage.com;

c. Records relating to who created, used, or communicated with the account

or identifiers, including records about their identities and whereabouts.

II. Search Procedure

a. Upon receipt of the items described in Attachment A, the Filter Team will

review the documents for privilege or protection only and will disseminate nonprivileged and non-protected documents to the Investigative Team. The Investigative

Team will determine which documents constitute evidence of unlawful activity. Because

the Filter Team will be properly walled off from the Investigative Team, it may review

emails to and from Elizabeth McDougall or other Backpage attorneys to determine if they

properly qualify for privilege or protections, in accordance with procedures set forth

above. This will eliminate the risk that protected information from or to Ms. McDougall

or other Backpage attorneys will reach the Investigative Team.

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