Agent Owens applied for a court order mandating that Ron's cell phone company to provide him with all of Ron's text messages for the last year.The request should be:

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The Stored Communications Act (SCA) is a federal law that provides the procedures for obtaining stored electronic communications and transactional records from communication service providers like cell phone companies. This would be the appropriate law for Agent Owens to file under to obtain Ron's text messages. The Wiretap Act does not apply in this case as it pertains to intercepting real-time communications, not accessing stored communications. Federal judges have the authority to grant orders for stored text messages under the SCA. The question does not mention a form that needs to be filed indicating the cell phone company's willingness to comply, so answer choice D is incorrect.

Agent Owens Applied for a Court Order Mandating That Ron's