Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16(d)(1), a Court may enter a protective order only after it finds that good cause exists. Within this framework, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure leave it to the discretion of the Court to determine whether modification of an existing protective order is warranted.2 To make that dec

Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16(d)(1), a Court may enter a protective order only after it finds that good cause exists. Within this framework, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure leave it to the discretion of the Court to determine whether modification of an existing protective order is warranted.2 To make that dec

gs. See, e.g., In re Amy Unknown , F.3d , 2011 WL 988882 at *2 (5th Cir. Mar. 22, 2011). ("Crime victims have not been recognized as parties, and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure do not allow them to intervene as parties to a prosecution.); United States 1 Aguirre-Gonzalez , 597 F.3d 46, 53 (1st Cir. 2010) ("Notwit

may be used as storage devices that contain contraband, evidence, instrumentalities, or fruits of a crime in the form of electronic data. Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure permit the government to search for and seize computer hardware, software, and electronic files that are evidence of crime, contraband, i