UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

August Term 2022

(Argued: February 17, 2023 Decided: February 27, 2024)

No. 22-1086

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Appellee,

-v.-

CORY JOHNSON,

Defendant-Appellant.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Before: LIVINGSTON, Chief Judge, CARNEY, and BIANCO, Circuit Judges.

Defendant Cory Johnson challenges his conviction for production of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), after the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Crawford, C.J.) denied his motions (1) to suppress evidence derived from an examination of segregated digital data, seized pursuant and identified as responsive to a search warrant, that took place after sentencing in connection wi