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… Finding that Movants have adequately established Article III standing to assert their claim of a qualified First Amendment right of public access to FISC judicial opinion; Particularly, Movants have demonstrated that the …

… Authorizing collection of all post-cut-through digits under a PR/TT order in the absence of reasonably available technology to distinguish between content and non-content DRAS, subject to a prohibition on the affirmative …

… FISCR holding that petitioner easily exceeded the threshold for standing, determining that the directives issued to communications service providers under the PAA, requiring production of customers’ data, were consistent …

… Bringing down the wall, overturning the FISA Ct. ruling, and allowing foreign intelligence searches to be used even when the primary purpose of the collection is a criminal investigation. … In re Sealed Case, 310 F.3d 717, …

… Order amending Rule 15(d) of the Rules of Procedure of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review changing the requirements and format of amicus curiae submitted to the court. … Order, Order …

… Granting motion from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for leave to file an additional brief as amicus curiae in support of movants. … Order, In re Certification of Questions of Law to the Foreign …

… Directing parties to the proceeding to file supplemental briefs, and appointing Professor Laura Donohue to serve as amicus curiae. … Order, In re Certification of Questions of Law to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …

… Rejecting “Appellants’ contention that the FISA surveillance was illegal” and denying “Appellants’ request for disclosure of the FISA materials.” 221 F.3d at 554. View document: https://perma.cc/A43E-LQJ8 … United States …

… “FISA contains both a notice clause as well as an exclusionary procedure for illegally seized electronic surveillance” but “[t]he telling absence of grand juries from Section 1806(c) allows the government to introduce FISA …

… Affirming the district court’s decision to deny defendants’ “motion to suppress evidence obtained pursuant to warrants issued under [FISA].” 896 F.3d at 297. View document: …

… FOR CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ALL INDIVIDUALS HANDLING THIS INFORMATION ARE REQUIRED TO PROTECT IT FROM UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE IN THE INTEREST OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES. HANDUNG, STORAGE, REPRODUCTION AND …

… The Court held that proposed FBI query procedures failed to comply with §702(f)(1)(B) insofar as they did not include a procedure whereby FBI personnel document, to the extent reasonably feasible, whether a particular …

… Denying defendant’s motion for disclosure of FISA materials. 521 F. Supp. 2d at 130. Minimization procedures required by FISA do not apply to defendants who are not “unconsenting United States persons” and thus do not …

… Denying defendant’s “motions seeking discovery of [FISA] materials.” 1990 WL 78522, at *1. … United States v. Johnson, No. 89–221–MA, 1990 WL 78522 (D. Mass. Apr. 13, 1990). … UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF …

… Finding that “the lower court property denied the motion for discovery” of FISA applications. 1990 WL 101946, at *3. … United States v. Brown, Nos. 89-5404 to 89-5407, 908 F.2d 968 (Table), 1990 WL 101946 (4th Cir. 1990). …

… Denying “defendant's Motions to Suppress Illegally Obtained FISA Evidence.” 2011 WL 3652524, at *2. … United States v. Mehanna, No. 09–10017–GAO, 2011 WL 3652524 (D. Mass. Aug. 19, 2011). … Case 1:09-cr-10017-GAO Document …

… Rejecting “contentions raised by [defendant and denying] each of his motions . . . challenging such investigatory procedures. This action thus confirms the denial of the motions to suppress . . . already provisionally …

… American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia, and the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (Movants) filed a Petition for Review seeking to appeal to the order …

… The Court ordered the movant, ACLU, to show cause why the FISCR has authority to entertain a petition for review, seeking an appeal to the order in GID.C.000285 dismissing their motion for records for lack of jurisdiction, …

… Holding that the FISA statute meets Fourth amendment constitutional requirements. 835 F.2d at 1075. The Court further found that the application for surveillance was made properly, with the primary purpose being to gather …

… The Court, reviewing FISA applications and supporting materials de novo, found there was probable cause to believe defendant was an agent of a foreign power. 381 F.3d at 332. View document: …

… The Court declined to entertain the ACLU’s petition to revisit the Court’s decision in GID.CA.00013, holding that it "is unpersuaded that the Movant has shown cause as to why this Court has jurisdiction to consider its …

… Begins after Verified Application … The Court authorized the United States to conduct electronic surveillance and physical search of the target. The authorization regarding Carter W. Page expires on Jan. 13, 2017. … …

… Before the Court was a petition by Movants to reconsider the lower court’s opinion rejecting the claim that the withholding of redacted, non-public material classified by the Executive Branch violates the Movants' First …

… Held that Bivens remedy did not extend to investigative reporter and her family members’ Fourth Amendment claims against Attorney General and Postmaster General and that the AG and Postmaster General were entitled to …

… The Court granted the movants’ motion to extend time to file their brief to April 9, 2020. The government’s responsive brief is due April 13, 2020. … Order, In re Opinions & Orders by the FISC Addressing Bulk Collection of …

… The Court granted the movants’ motion to extend time to file their brief to April 17, 2020. The government’s responsive brief is due April 22, 2020. … Order, In re Opinions & Orders by the FISC Addressing Bulk Collection …

… Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Court granted the movants relief to the requirement to submit bound paper copies of the brief with colored covers in accordance with Rule 14(d) of the Court’s Rules of Procedure. … …

… The district court erred in denying the law firm's motion seeking to enjoin the government's use of a filter team comprised of federal agents and prosecutors to inspect privileged attorney-client materials that were seized …