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… Denying defendant’s motion that judge recuse himself because judge was “a member of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (‘FISA Court’).” 955 F. Supp. at 583. View document: …

… “FISA Satisfies the Requirements of the Fourth Amendment.” 955 F. Supp. at 590. “FISA Violates neither the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment nor the Right to Counsel Provided by the Sixth Amendment.” Id. at 592. …

… Denying defendant’s “motion to suppress all evidence derived from any searches and surveillance conducted pursuant to FISA.” 437 F. Supp. 2d at 555. View document: …

… Concluding “disclosure of the FISA materials to defendants not warranted in this case.” 447 F. Supp. 2d at 547. “FISC had ample probable cause to believe that the targets were agents of a foreign power quite apart from …

… Finding that “appropriate venue for this action under § 1391(b)(2) is the Eastern District of Virginia.” 689 F. Supp. 2d at 161. View document: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10453313891902166968&q=689… … …

… Denying EPIC’s motion for preliminary injunction. 15 F. Supp. 3d at 49. “[P]laintiff [EPIC] submitted a document request to defendant Department of Justice (“DOJ”) under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) seeking …

… “EPIC challenges the government's withholding of information in the SARs that pertains to summaries of FISC legal opinions, descriptions of the scope of the FISC's jurisdiction, and discussions of process improvements on …

… Finding that “plaintiffs have failed to show an injury that could be redressed by the injunctive relief they request.” 280 F. Supp. 3d at 54 (“plaintiffs seek three distinct forms of declaratory and injunctive relief: (1) …

… Finding that “[d]isclosure of the contents of the FISA material would harm the national security because it would reveal the capabilities and techniques of surveillance, the sources and methods used to counter …

… Dismissing defendant’s Fourth Amendment and FISA claims for “failure to state a claim.” 2010 WL 4724279, at *7. … Ciralsky v. CIA, No. 1:10cv911 (LMB/JFA), 2010 WL 4724279 (E.D. Va. Nov. 15, 2010). … IN THE UNITED STATES …

… Dismissing plaintiff’s claim “alleging a violation of FISA.” 2016 WL 3982450, at *8. … Gill v. DOJ, No. 15-824 (RMC), 2016 WL 3982450 (D.D.C. July 22, 2016). … Case 1:15-cv-00824-RMC Document 17 Filed 07/22/16 Page 1 of 17 …

… Dismissing suit alleging violation of constitutional, statutory, and common law rights by unauthorized electronic surveillance of plaintiffs’ home and electronic devices. … Attkisson v. Holder, No. 17-cv-364 (LMB/JFA), …

… Denying defendant’s motion for Disclosure of FISA Applications. 2019 WL 1186846, at *6. … United States v. Kokayi, 1:18-cr-410 (LMB), 2019 WL 1186846 (E.D. Va. Mar. 13, 2019). … Case 1:18-cr-00410-LMB Document 67 Filed …

… Denying motion for summary judgment in FOIA request to obtain FISA applications sought under FOIA after White House press release and President’s tweets indicated material be declassified. … James Madison Project v. DOJ, …

… EFF brought suit after DOJ denied FOIA request for an Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) Opinion memorandum. 892 F. Supp. 2d at 96-97. The Court found that the material was properly withheld under Exemption 1 (national …

… The Court found that subscribers had a substantial likelihood of success in claiming their Fourth Amendments rights were violated by the NSA’s bulk telephony metadata program. 957 F. Supp. 2d at 25-42. View document: …

… After a FOIA requesters had attempted for years to get information about EPA official’s phone calls, e-mails, and text messages, they made a FOIA request to the NSA for the same information. The Court held that the NSA’s …

… The Court denied cross-motions for summary judgment relating to a FOIA suit for FISA related material, including 25 semi-annual reports to Congress. The Court ordered further government declarations, a revised Vaughn …

… The Court held that the FOIA request for unredacted reports relating to the investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 election was properly withheld under Exemption 5. 487 F. Supp. 3d at 20. Note that on Oct. …

… After Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty to one count of false statements in connection with the preparation of an application for renewal of a surveillance warrant for the FISC, the District Court granted Carter Page, the …

… EFF requested disclosure of further redactions of GID.C.00073. The Court held that the released document was properly redacted under FOIA exemption protecting records classified pursuant to executive order. View document: …

… Company filed FOIA suit seeking all communications intercepted by NSA as intelligence information or via bulk collection. The Court found that the NSA properly withheld information pursuant to a Glomar response. View …

… EPIC requested production of a § 1809 opinion referenced in GID.C.00073. See id. at 54-55. The Court found that the DOJ declarations were sufficient to show that the opinion is classified and properly withheld under FOIA …

… The Court held that the FBI properly redacted four pages of its FISA and Standard Minimization Procedures Guide under FOIA Exemption 1 and 3. 2018 WL 2324084, at *6. … Elec. Privacy Info Ctr. v. FBI, No. 17-cv-00121, 2018 …

… Plaintiff submitted a four-part FOIA request to six intelligence agencies requesting procedures the agencies must follow in regard to unmasking and upstreaming. The agencies each provided Glomar responses for parts 2 and 3 …

… Granting government’s renewed motion for summary judgment in FOIA request to obtain FISA applications sought under FOIA after White House press release and President’s tweets indicated material be declassified. The Court …