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John D. Bates
Attorney for Plaintiff
District of District of Columbia
U.S. v. Chevy Chase Federal Savings Bank
1994 - 1999
District of Columbia
Attorney for Defendant
Baraldini v. Meese
1988 - 1990
NAACP Jefferson County Branch v. U.S. Secretary of Labor
1982 - 1996
Thomas v. Baker
1986 - 2001
Twelve John Does v. District of Columbia
1980 - 2002
U.S. v. District of Columbia
1988 - Ongoing
Judge
District of Arizona
Jacobson v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
2014 - Ongoing
Am. Fed. of Labor and Cong. of Indus. Org. (AFL-CIO) v. Dept. of Labor
2025 - Ongoing
Bolger v. District of Columbia
2003 - 2009
Coleman-Bey v. United States
2006 - 2007
Florida Department of State v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
2012 - 2012
Gomez v. Trump
2020 - 2024
Helton v. United States
2001 - 2002
Hinton v. District of Columbia
2021 - 2022
In re Navy Chaplaincy
1999 - Ongoing
Johnson v. District of Columbia
2002 - 2013
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Trump
2017 - Ongoing
Shelby County v. Holder
2010 - Ongoing
Takarli v. Rubio
Trustees of Princeton University v. U.S.
United States of America v. Wells Fargo Bank
2012 - Ongoing
District of Oregon
Mayfield v. United States
2004 - 2010
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
[Caption Redacted] Government's Ex Parte Submission of [Redacted] and Related Procedures and Request for an Order Approving [Redacted] and Procedures (2010) (702, Bates, J.)
2010 - 2010
[Caption Redacted] Government's Ex Parte Submission of [Redacted] and Related Procedures and Request for an Order Approving [Redacted] and Procedures (July 2012) (702, Walton, J.)
FISA Docket PR-TT ---- (Bates, J.) (July 2010)
In re Application of the FBI for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from [REDACTED] [BR 09-19]
2009 - Ongoing
In re Application of the FBI for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things From [Redacted], BR 10-82
2010 - 2011
In re Application of the FBI for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things From [Redacted], BR 11-07
2011 - 2011
In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from [redacted], FISC BR 13-25
2013 - 2013
In re Directives to Yahoo Pursuant to Section 105B of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. [105B(g) 07-01]
2007 - 2016
In re DNI/AG [702] Certification 2010-A
[In re DNI/AG 702(i) Certification 2008]
2008 - Ongoing
In re Motion for Release of Court Records
2007 - 2007
In re Orders Issued by This Court Interpreting Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act [FISA Docket Misc. 13-02]
2013 - 2014
[Redacted caption] Gov't Ex Parte Submissions of Reauthorization Certification and Related Procedures, Amended Certifications, and Request for an Order Approving Such Certification and Amended Certifications (April 2011) (702, Bates, J.)
2011 - 2012
Other
In re Application of the FBI for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things From [Redacted], BR 11-107
Northern District of Georgia
Cavanaugh v. Sprint/United Management Co.
2004 - 2006