Judge delays case involving FBI's GPS tracking

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Judge delays case involving FBI's GPS tracking
By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press
Published: Monday, September 12, 2011 at 6:58 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, September 12, 2011 at 6:58 p.m.

A federal judge is delaying a college student's lawsuit against the FBI for putting a GPS tracking device on his car without a warrant.

The student, Yasir Afifi of San Jose, Calif., asked for the delay until the Supreme Court decides a related case. The high court plans to hear arguments in the next term over the case of Washington nightclub owner Antoine Jones, convicted of operating a cocaine distribution ring. An appeals court threw out Jones' life sentence because police tracked his Jeep for a month by GPS without a warrant.

Other courts have upheld the use of warrantless GPS tracking.

The FBI admits it put the GPS on Afifi's car, but won't publicly reveal why. The Egyptian-American student says he never did anything to attract the FBI's attention.



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