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Shubert v. Obama

4:07-cv-00693 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 17, 2006

Case Ongoing

On May 17, 2006, American citizens who use the telephone and internet filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the President of the United States of America, the National Security Agency and the Attorney General under the Declaratory Judgment Act and bivens. Represented by private counsel, they sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, claiming that…
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Electronic Frontier Foundation v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence

3:07-cv-05278 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 17, 2007

Closed Date: 2008

On October 17, 2007, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff sued the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 5 U.S.C. § 552. The plaintiff, represented by in-house counsel, asked the court for a preliminary injunction for expedited release of the information sought. The plaintiff claimed that FOIA entitled it to expedited release of requested do…
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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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Paul v. Obama

1:14-cv-00262 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 2014

Closed Date: Feb. 7, 2019

On February 18, 2014, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky and non-profit organization FreedomWorks filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the U.S. government, including the NSA and FBI, under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs asked the court for both declaratory relief, claiming that the NSA’s Mass Associational Tracking Program (MATP) was unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment,…
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USA v. Moalin

3:10-cr-04246 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2010

Case Ongoing

On October 22, 2010, three immigrants from Somalia were indicted on criminal charges in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The case was assigned to Judge Jeffrey Miller. A superseding indictment added a fourth defendant to the charges on January 14, 2011. Each defendant was represented by private counsel, and one was additionally represented by the Civil Rights Clinic in Austin, Texas. The charges were related to the defendants’ alleged material and financial supp…
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Perez v. Clapper

3:14-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2014

Closed Date: 2015

On February 5, 2014, two activists filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued the National Security Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice under Bivens. The plaintiffs alleged violations of their First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment Rights and requested declaratory relief. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants subjected the plaintiffs to a mass surveillance program which directed Verizon to collect telephone re…
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Mayfield v. United States

6:04-cv-01427 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2004

Closed Date: Nov. 5, 2007

On October 4, 2004, a practicing lawyer and his family members filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon against the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), under Bivens and 50 U.S.C §§ 1804 and 1823 (electronic surveillance and physical searches under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)). The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive and declaratory relief, alleging that the defendants conduc…
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ACLU v. NSA

2:06-cv-10204 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 17, 2006

Closed Date: 2007

On January 17, 2006, a group of organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and a number of individuals, filed a law suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the National Security Agency (NSA), under Bivens and the Administrative Procedure Act. The plaintiffs challenged the legality of NSA's Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP) as violating their free speech and privacy rights as well as the Separation of Powers doctrine. The plaintiffs…
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U.S. v. Daoud

1:12-cr-00723 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2012

Case Ongoing

On September 15, 2012, the government initiated criminal prosecution of the defendant in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon after arresting the defendant the day before. The government charged the defendant with attempting to damage and destroy a building by means of explosion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2332a(a)(2)(D) and 844(i). The defendant allegedly attempted to bomb a bar in Chicago with a fake bomb provided by an FBI sting. In August 2013, the government added the charg…
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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…