Woman: My iPhone was seized at border, then imaged—feds must now delete data
Enlarge / A patch is seen on the sleeve of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer as he uses facial recognition technology in his booth at Miami International Airport to screen a traveler entering the United States on February 27, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
An American Muslim woman has formally asked a federal judge to force border officials to delete data copied from her iPhone 6S Plus, months after it was seized from her when she landed at Newark International Airport in February 2018 while returning from a trip abroad.
However, attorneys for the woman, Rejhane Lazoja, have taken the unusual step of not bringing a run-of-the-mill civil lawsuit.
Instead, in federal court in New Jersey on Wednesday, her attorneys filed what's called a Rule 41(g) Motion, otherwise known as a "Motion to Return Property."
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