Opinion
Case No. 2:12-mj-00083-NJK
01-23-2013
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. SEARCH & SEIZURE WARRANT FOR PREMISES KNOWN AS 101 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE, SUITES 200 AND 200A, CITY OF LAS VEGAS, COUNTY OF CLARK, STATE OF NEVADA, Defendant.
ORDER
(Mtn to Unseal - Dkt. #1)
This matter is before the court on the government's Motion to Unseal (Dkt. #1) filed January 15, 2013. The court has considered the Motion.
On February 24, 2012, retired United States Magistrate Judge Robert J. Johnson authorized the issuance of a search warrant for the above-captioned premises. The affidavit supporting that search and seizure warrant was sworn to by United States Secret Service Special Agent Joseph Benningfield and related to an investigation Agent Benningfield was conducting in the Southern District of Texas. The Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Texas assigned to the case arising out of Agent Benningfield's investigation represents that a federal grand jury in that district returned indictments against eight people as a result of the Agent Benningfield's investigation. The government requests the court unseal the search and seizure warrant issued by Magistrate Johnson and the supporting affidavit of Agent Benningfield so that both may be produced as discovery to defendants in the pending criminal action in the Southern District of Texas.
Having reviewed and considered the matter, and good cause appearing,
IT IS ORDERED : The Motion to Unseal (Dkt. #1) is GRANTED so that the search warrant and supporting affidavit may be produced to the defendants in discovery.
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PEGGY A. LEEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE