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Before
Lynch, Chief Judge,
Torruella and Thompson, Circuit Judges.
Kuc
presents
two
claims:
1)
the
search
warrant
On
was
United States
He
As proof,
Kuc would provide the company with a serial number or service tag
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neither owned nor had the right to service the components that he
falsely claimed were defective.
companies'
warranty
procedures
receive
free
"replacement"
parts.
In
addition,
Kuc
utilized
variety
of
to
request
the
warranty
replacement
parts.
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on
the
fraudulent scheme.
and
Samuel
did
not
know
about
Kuc's
of Kuc's scheme in 2009 from investigators who were working for one
of the defrauded computer companies.
On
of
the
search
warrant,
arguing
that
it
violated
the
On June 14,
2012, the district court denied the motion, and the evidence taken
from Kuc's residence was admitted at trial.
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II. Analysis
Kuc makes two claims of error on appeal.
First, he
Second, he
claims that the court erred in denying his motion for judgment of
acquittal on the aggravated identity theft charge.
We take each
claim in turn.
A.
argues
that
requirement
the
of
the
search
Fourth
warrant
violated
Amendment
because
the
it
statutes]
including,
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without
limitation,"
certain
warrants
must
"particularly
describ[e]
the
place
to
be
U.S. Const.
United States v. Abrams, 615 F.2d 541, 545-46 (1st Cir. 1980).
We note that Kuc has elected not to argue on appeal that any of
the twenty-three categories of items violated the particularity
requirement, and thus such argument is deemed waived. See Dialysis
Access Ctr., LLC v. RMS Lifeline, Inc., 638 F.3d 367, 374 n.7 (1st
Cir. 2011).
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the
addition
of
the
phrase
"together
with
other
fruits,
Bucuvalas, 970 F.2d 937 (1st Cir. 1992), abrogated on other grounds
by Cleveland v. United States, 531 U.S. 12, 18 (2000), this court
upheld
warrant
that
authorized
the
seizure
of
"[r]ecords,
instrumentalities
particular,
records,
of
[four
documents,
specified
notes
and
crimes],
physical
and,
in
objects
Id. at 941
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As in
is
certainly
Id.
not
of
precise
drafting.
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noted
--
the
warrant,
read
comprehensively
and
in
United
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he
unlawfully
used
"means
of
identification"
in
his
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
person."
The
statute
defines
the
term
"means
of
decision,
Id. at 1028(d)(7)(A).
Kuc
argues
that
"means
Relying on a Fourth
of
identification"
(4th Cir. 2008). Therefore, Kuc concludes that his use of Samuel's
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specific
individual,
Kuc's
use
of
Samuel's
identifying
to
multiple
addresses.3
Together,
the
two
pieces
of
"means
of
identification"
as
required
by
18
U.S.C.
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