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30 person case record(s) for James Boasberg
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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Damus v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-00578 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 15, 2018

Case Ongoing

This class action suit, filed on March 15, 2018, sought to enjoin the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from detaining asylum seekers in order to deter other potential migrants from seeking refuge in the United States. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU and private counsel, were asylum seekers who had been detained without individualized determinations that they posed a flight risk or danger to the community. The plaintiffs sued DHS and alleged violations of the Immigration and Na…
NATIONAL SECURITY
In re Carter W. Page: A U.S. Person [FISA dockets 16-1182, 17-52, 17-375, 17-679]

16-01182 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2016

Case Ongoing

In 2016, the FBI sought and obtained a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant against Trump 2016 campaign foreign policy advisor Carter Page. The warrant applications against Page alleged that he had contact with Russian officials to collect compromising information on Trump's 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton. After substantial litigation, these classified FISA warrants and related documents were disclosed. This Clearinghouse entry includes those underlying applications and renewals…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Heredia Mons v. McAleenan

1:19-cv-01593 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 30, 2019

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: A class of asylum seekers detained by the New Orleans ICE Field Office filed an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction, requesting that defendants be compelled to conduct individual parole reviews for every detainee and to consider the risk of COVID-19 to them in determining their eligibility for parole. On April 21, 2020, the court denied the motion for preliminary injunction. On May 30, 2019, asylum seekers detained under the jurisdiction of the New Orleans ICE Field…
NATIONAL SECURITY
In re Accuracy Concerns Regarding FBI Matters Submitted to the FISC [FISC Docket Misc. 19-02]

19-00002 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2019

Case Ongoing

This Clearinghouse entry focuses on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s (FISC) response to revelations of flawed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant applications against Trump 2016 campaign foreign policy advisor Carter Page. It includes the following dockets: • The FBI Office of the Inspector General “Crossfire Hurricane” Report. This isn’t a docket, but important background information that influenced the FISC’s decision-making. • Misc. 19-02 in the FISC For more in…
NATIONAL SECURITY
In re Motion of ProPublica, Inc. for the Release of Court Records [FISC Docket Misc. 13-09]

13-00009 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2013

Closed Date: Sept. 15, 2020

For the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse collection of FISA Matters, see our special collection. On January 17, 2014, the Director of National Intelligence authorized the declassification and public release of numerous orders approving the National Security Agency's ("NSA") so-called "Bulk Telephony Metadata Program" under Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ("FISA"), commonly referred to as Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. The Director's press release is av…

Motion for the Release of Court Records, Declaration of Richard Tofel, Certification of Bar Membership and Security Clearance Status

In re Motion of Propublica for the Release of Court Records [Misc. 13-09]

Nov. 12, 2013

Briefing Order

In re Motion of Propublica for the Release of Court Records [Misc. 13-09]

Nov. 13, 2013

Brief of Amici Curiae

In re Motion of Propublica for the Release of Court Records [Misc. 13-09]

Nov. 26, 2013

Motion of The Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press and 25 Media Organizations for Leave to File Brief as Amici Curiae

In re Motion of Propublica for the Release of Court Records [Misc. 13-09]

Nov. 26, 2013

U.S. Opposition to Propublica Motion

In re Motion of Propublica for the Release of Court Records [Misc. 13-09]

Dec. 11, 2013

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Whitman-Walker Health v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:20-cv-01630 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Trump Administration's limits on LGBTQ+ protections under the Affordable Care Act. On June 22, 2020, a group of LGBTQ-focused private healthcare providers, organizations providing community services, health professional associations, and individual providers filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), challenging a revised HHS regulation issued under Section 1557 …
POLICING
Fraternal Order of Police v. District of Columbia

1:20-cv-02130 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

In this case, the union representing the Distict of Columbia's Metropolitian Police Department sued the Mayor of the District Columbia and the city itself, challenging a local law that prohibited the union from negotiating police disciplinary rules during its collective bargaining process. D.C. police brought this suit under 42 U.S.C § 1983 on August 5, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The union alleged that the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Second Emerg…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Alliance Party v. D.C. Board of Elections

1:20-cv-02319 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 21, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 7, 2020

This case involved the District of Columbia’s signature requirements for ballot qualification during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bill B-23-0864 lowered the signatures required for third-party presidential candidates to qualify for the D.C. ballot from 5,007 to 250. The political party Alliance Party and two third-party presidential filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on August 21, 2020. They were represented by private counsel and sued the District of Columbia …
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

1:16-cv-01534 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 27, 2016

Case Ongoing

On July 27, 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Tribe, represented by Earthjustice, sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to block the Corps’ actions related to the Dakota Access Pipeline (a 1,168-mile crude oil pipeline running from North Dakota to Illinois). The Tribe sought injunctive and declaratory relief and attorneys’ fees and costs under the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), the National Histori…
NATIONAL SECURITY
[Redacted Caption] Gov't Ex Parte Submission of Reauthorization Certifications & Related Procedures, Ex Parte Submission of Amended Certifications & Request for an Order Approving Such Certifications & Amended Certifications (Nov. 2020) (702, Boasberg J.)

[Redacted] | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Oct. 19, 2020

Case Ongoing

Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, 50 U.S.C. § 1881a, permits the Attorney General (AG) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to conduct foreign intelligence surveillance targeting the communications of non-U.S. persons located abroad. The government need not establish probable cause that the target of electronic surveillance is a foreign power or agent of a foreign power, nor must the government specify the nature and location of the facilities or places that surveillanc…

Exhibit B: Minimization Procedures Used by the National Security Agency In Connection With Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information

[Redacted]

Sept. 16, 2019

Exhibit E: Minimization Procedures Used By the Central Intelligence Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, As Amended

[Redacted]

Sept. 16, 2019

Exhibit J: Querying Procedures Used by the Central Intelligence Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as Amended

[Redacted]

Sept. 16, 2019

Exhibit U: Querying Procedures Used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, As Amended

[Redacted]

Sept. 16, 2019

Exhibit K: Querying Procedures Used by the National Counterterrorism Center in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information

[Redacted]

Oct. 19, 2020

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