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… Finding that “the district court did not err when it denied the defendants’ motion to suppress” FISA obtained evidence. 529 F.3d at 993. View document: https://perma.cc/QAN2-A9B7 … United States v. Campa, 529 F.3d 980 …

… Finding that disclosure of FISA materials to defendant was “not ‘necessary’ to assess the legality of the searches or surveillance.” 868 F.3d at 955. Defendant’s “confrontation rights were not violated [] simply because …

… Holding that “the FISA application established probable cause to believe that Global Relief and the executive director were agents of a foreign power, as that term is defined for FISA purposes, at the time the search was …

… Finding that the “lack of FISA procedures for physical searches” did not “render the physical search [in this case] unreasonable.” 435 F. Supp. 2d at 792. View document: …

… 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) …

… “FISA electronic surveillance at issue was lawfully authorized and legally conducted.” 2010 WL 4705159, at *2. “Because disclosure of the materials is unnecessary for the Court to determine the legality of the collection, …

… Denying motioned for a new trial “because admitting evidence obtained under [FISA] violated the Fourth Amendment.” 2012 WL 3779107, at *2. Defendant also alleged FISA was unconstitutional. Id. Court rejected these …

… 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 …

… 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, …

… Defendant argued that the evidence should be suppressed on the grounds that the surveillance was imposed not to seek foreign intelligence information, but to conduct a criminal investigation. 827 F.2d at 1462. The Court …

… 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 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 receiving notice pursuant to 50 U.S.C. §§ 1806(c) and 1825(d) that the Government would offer into evidence information derived from FISA surveillance, the defendant moved to disclose FISA-related materials. The …

… 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 …