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ATTACHMENT B

LIST OF ITEMS TO BE SEIZED

Evidence and instrumentalities concerning violation of Title 18, United States 

Code, Sections 231(a)(3) and 2101, as follows: 

1. All items related to rioting or interfering with law enforcement duties.

2. All items related to explosives, incendiary devices and fireworks.

3. All items related to the location of the Subject Phones, Matthew

Rupert, or any individuals who traveled with Rupert beginning on May 28, 2020, and 

continuing through May 31, 2020. 

4. All items that would tend to identify the user of the Subject Phones.

5. All items related to communications with others pertaining to items 1

through 4 above.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISION

SEALED ORDER

In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 public emergency, this Court has, by General Order 

20-0012, extended deadlines in all civil and criminal cases by 21 days. To clarify the 

application of this order to Miscellaneous cases, it is hereby ORDERED:

In all Miscellaneous cases, all deadlines, whether set by the court, or by the Rules of Criminal 

Procedure or Local Rule, are hereby extended 21 days from the current deadline set. Any 

further extension that may be entered by General Order will have the effect of extending dates 

in Miscellaneous cases as well. 

The Clerk is directed to docket this order in each Miscellaneous Case that is suppressed and 

has a pending seal order with an expiration date. 

ENTER:

_________________________________________

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER

United States District Judge

Dated at Chicago, Illinois this 23rd day of March, 2020

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISION

In the Matter of the Search of:

Two cellular telephones, further 

described in Attachment A

UNDER SEAL

Case No.: 20 M 276

Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

GOVERNMENT’S MOTION TO UNSEAL

SEARCH WARRANT, APPLICATION, AND AFFIDAVIT

The United States of America, by and through its attorney, JOHN R. LAUSCH, 

JR., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, hereby moves for the 

entry of an order commanding the Clerk of the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of Illinois to unseal the Search Warrant, Application, and Affidavit 

issued in this matter on May 31, 2020.

In support of its motion, the government states as follows:

1. On May 31, 2020, the government applied for a Search Warrant in this 

matter, and submitted an Application and Affidavit in support. The Search Warrant 

Affidavit details the facts supporting probable cause to believe that evidence and 

instrumentalities concerning interference with any law enforcement officer lawfully 

engaged in in the lawful performance of his official duties incident to and during the 

commission of a civil disorder which in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or 

adversely affects commerce, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 

231(a)(3); and travel in interstate commerce, or use of any facility of interstate 

commerce, to organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on a riot, in 

violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2101.

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2. On that same date, this Court granted the government’s motion to seal 

the Search Warrant, Application, and Affidavit for 180 days, until November 27, 2020.

3. On June 1, 2020, Matthew Rupert was charged by criminal complaint

in the District of Minnesota with violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 

231(a)(3) and 2101 and Title 26, United States Code, Sections 5845(f), 5861(d), and 

5871. R. 1.1 Defendant was arrested in the Northern District of Illinois pursuant to 

the complaint on June 1, 2020.

4. In order to comply with the government’s obligations to produce 

discovery pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure, the 

government respectfully requests that the Court enter an order commanding the 

Clerk of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to unseal 

the Search Warrant, Application, and Affidavit issued in this matter.

WHEREFORE, the government respectfully requests that the Search 

Warrant, Application, and Affidavit issued in this matter on May 31, 2020 be 

unsealed.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN R. LAUSCH

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Barry Jonas

BARRY JONAS

Assistant United States Attorney

219 South Dearborn Street, Suite 500

Chicago, Illinois 60604

Dated: June 1, 2020 (312) 886-8027

 1 Citation to the electronic record in the removal proceedings before this Court, United States v. 

Matthew Rupert, 20 CR 254, are to “R.,” followed by the document number.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISION

In the Matter of the Search of:

Two cellular telephones, further 

described in Attachment A

UNDER SEAL

Case No.: 20 M 276

Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

O R D E R

The United States of America, by and through it attorney, JOHN R. LAUSCH, 

JR., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, having moved this 

Court for the entry of an order commanding the Clerk of the United States District 

Court for the Northern District of Illinois to unseal the Search Warrant, Application, 

and Affidavit issued in this matter on May 31, 2020;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Clerk of the United States District Court 

for the Northern District of Illinois shall unseal the Search Warrant, Application, and 

Affidavit issued in this matter on May 31, 2020.

ENTER:

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER

Chief Judge

United States District Court

Northern District of Illinois

Dated: June 1, 2020

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