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Schuchardt v. Obama

2:14-cv-00705 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 2, 2014

Closed Date: March 2, 2020

On June 2, 2014, a private individual filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff sued the National Security Agency under the Declaratory Judgment Act and FISA Title V. The plaintiff alleged violations of his First and Fourth Amendment rights and requested declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief. Specifically, the plaintiff alleged that both metadata and content of his Gmail, Facebook, and Dropbox accounts were compromi…
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The New York Times Company v. National Security Agency

1:15-cv-02383 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2015

Closed Date: 2016

On January 12, 2015, the New York Times (“the Times”) submitted a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request to the National Security Agency (“NSA”) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. The Times sought copies of all NSA Inspector General Reports related to three topics: the NSA’s content collection activities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) amendments section 702 (and the predecessor law, the Protect America Act); bulk phone records collected un…
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In re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation

3:06-md-01791 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 26, 2006

The Consolidation of Cases into 06-MD-1791On August 9, 2006, the Judicial Panel on Multi District Litigation (MDL Panel) created this matter, MDL No. 06-1791, and set its venue in the Northern District of California. Ultimately, the case consolidated approximately 40 total cases, including consumer class actions against telecom companies, cases against the U.S. government, and cases by the government against state officials. First, the MDL Panel consolidated the consumer class actions against t…
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Klayman v. Obama

1:13-cv-00881 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 12, 2013

Closed Date: Feb. 5, 2019

This is the first U.S. District Court to rule on 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. Under the program, the NSA has apparently collected records from large telecommunication companies about virtually all domestic telephone calls. These records, termed "telephony metadata," include the phone numbers placed an…
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Hepting v. AT&T

4:06-cv-00672 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2006

Closed Date: 2012

On January 31, 2006, AT&T telephone and internet customers filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against AT&T Corp. and AT&T Inc. The plaintiffs, represented by public interest and private counsel, asked the court to declare as unlawful the defendants' participation in the federal government's program to monitor and collect Americans' telephone and internet communications and sought an injunction against the defendants' continued or fut…
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First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. National Security Agency

4:13-cv-03287 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2013

Case Ongoing

On September 10, 2013, organizations, associations, and advocacy groups, their staffs, and their members who subscribed to major American telecommunication companies filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the National Security Agency ("NSA"), the Department of Justice, and the United States of America. The plaintiffs, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and private counsel, sought an injunction permanently enjoining the United…
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Jewel v. National Security Agency

4:08-cv-04373 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2008

Case Ongoing

On September 18, 2008, AT&T customers filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the United States. The plaintiffs, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and private counsel, claimed that the federal government's electronic surveillance program violated the Fourth Amendment, First Amendment, separation of powers, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the Wiretap Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act or the …
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In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for Orders Requiring the Production of Call Detail Records

[Redacted] | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2015

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2015

For the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse collection of FISA Matters, see our special collection.On November 30, 2015, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) issued a primary order granting the government's Verified Application for Orders Requiring the Production of Call Detail Records. Though that order was not publicly released, Judge Thomas F. Hogan released a memorandum opinion on December 31, 2015 analyzing the application in accordance with Sections 101 and 103 of the USA …
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In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from [redacted]

15-00099 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2015

Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the National Security Agency (NSA) began the bulk collection of "telephony metadata" from all available domestic phone calls. This metadata did not include the call's content or party names, but did include phone numbers placed and received; the date, time and duration of calls; some location identifiers; and calling card numbers. In 2006, the government sought and received approval of the program from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillanc…

Primary Order

In Re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things From [Redacted]

Aug. 27, 2015

Docket

In Re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things

Aug. 28, 2015

Order Appointing an Amicus Curiae

In Re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things

Sept. 17, 2015

Briefing Order

In Re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things

Oct. 7, 2015

Memorandum of Law by Amicus Curiae Regarding Government's August 27, 2015, Application to Retain and Use Certain Telephony Metadata After November 28, 2015

In Re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things

Oct. 29, 2015

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In re Applications of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for Orders Requiring the Production of Tangible Things [BR 15-77 & 15-78]

15-BR-00077 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2015

In 2015, the U.S. government submitted these two applications to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) under Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (as amended by Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act of 2001) for "business records" orders. This case does not appear to involve the bulk production of telephone records as in FISA Docket BR 15-75 (NS-DC-0086 in this Clearinghouse). The factual details of the applications remain classified, but this case is rele…