Opinion ID: 2747913
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Heading: The Herrick Warrant

Text: On August 12, 2009, FBI Special Agent Brian Herrick obtained a warrant (the “Herrick Warrant”) to search the digital storage devices and other items that the BLM had 2 Franz refers to the evidence as “pamphlets,” and the government refers to the same items as “magazines.” (Appellant’s Opening Br. at 12; Government’s Br. at 6.) The District Court generally adopted Franz’s characterization, although it sometimes referred to the items as picture books or magazines. For simplicity and consistency with the District Court, we refer to them as pamphlets. 5 seized. The Herrick Warrant was sealed, and the government did not move to unseal it or provide a copy to Franz until thirty-one months after issuance and over two months after Franz’s indictment in the present case. The search conducted pursuant to the Herrick Warrant produced two digital images found on Franz’s external hard drive that, along with the pamphlets, served as the basis for the charges in the present case: an image labeled 2024372669.jpg (the “202.jpg image”) and one labeled 196667053.jpg (the “196.jpg image”).