Mohammed Abdul Jobiden was an American Muslim living in New York City in 2016. He worked a blue collar job as a security guard and went to his local mosque multiple times a week. His search history was red-flagged by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for visiting suspicious websites on the dark web. He spent a large amount of time on Islamic State websites and social media accounts watching videos of beheadings, car bombings, and other acts of terror. Eventually the CIA informed the two agencies that computers they had hacked and/or retrieved from Special Forces raids showing ISIS communication revealed he was communicating with them. As time went on his search history became more troubling, with searches on his computer including things such as “Most popular tourist attractions in NYC” and “DIY Pipe bomb instructions.” The FBI covertly installed software on his phone and laptop to track his whereabouts and call/text history. Thinking that Jobiden posed a clear and imminent danger and that they were short on time, these agencies neglected to get any kind of warrant to take these security measures. Shortly after, Jobiden was arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit acts of terror, treason, and aiding and abetting enemies of the United States. These allegations were supported by the information the FBI collected through the software they had installed, however, the FBI and DHS found no bomb components or weapons in his apartment in Brooklyn. The Federal Court of New York found him guilty of the charges, but Jobiden appealed to the District Circuit Court of Appeals claiming that the FBI had infringed on his right of privacy and tampered with his personal property. The FBI claimed that he presented a clear and imminent threat and that they never touched his property, but only installed software on it over the internet. The Court of Appeals upheld the lower court’s decision. Jobiden appealed to the Supreme Court to hear his case. The Supreme Court granted a Writ of Certiorari and agreed to hear the case.