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Trumpv.United States

CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Docket No.22-13005
DecidedDecember 1, 2022
Reporter54 F.4th 689 (11th Cir. 2022)
JudgesEleventh Circuit panel; see published opinion.
Tags
CivilFederal CourtsFourth AmendmentPresidential RecordsSubpoenaExecutive PrivilegeAppellate Review
Case Summary

After agents searched Mar-a-Lago under a warrant for presidential and classified records, Donald Trump asked the district court to seize control of the government’s review by appointing a special master and enjoining further use of the records. The Eleventh Circuit held that the court lacked equitable jurisdiction to supervise an ongoing criminal investigation: the seized presidential records belonged to the United States, and ordinary criminal procedure supplied the available privilege protections. It vacated the special-master order and remanded with instructions to dismiss the civil action.

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