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The Fourth Circuit held that the government is not required to obtain a warrant for cell tower data in United States v. Graham (4th Cir., No. 12-4659, en banc 5/31/16). The Court found that cell tower data was voluntarily turned over to a third party by the cell phone user. This information was created and maintained by the cell phone companies in the normal course of their business. The information can be used by the government to establish that a defendant was in the vicinity of a certain area when a crime occurred.