Opinion ID: 606347
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Heading: Whether The Electronic Intercept Violated The Fourth Amendment

Text: 34 We review a motion for judgment of acquittal under the same standard applied to a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. United States v. Shirley, 884 F.2d 1130, 1134 (9th Cir.1989). The denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal based on the timeliness of the motion necessarily involves factual findings subject to review for clear error. United States v. Stauffer, 922 F.2d 508, 516 (9th Cir.1990).
35 The appellants' argument that they were entitled to judgments of acquittal because Jeter's monitoring of their SABRE communications violated their Fourth Amendment rights finds no support in the law. American, through SABRE, is a provider of wire or electronic communication service and Jeter was acting within the scope of her employment to protect the rights and property of her employer by monitoring North Ranch's apparent misuse of American's electronic communication service. See 18 U.S.C. § 2511(2)(a)(i). Moreover, one of the parties to the communication (viz., American, as Jeter's employer) had consented to the monitoring. See 18 U.S.C. § 2511(2)(d). There was no error. See United States v. Shirley, 884 F.2d at 1134. 36