No. 19-783
 
Title: Nathan Van Buren, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed: December 18, 2019
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
   Case Numbers: (18-12024)
   Decision Date: October 10, 2019
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Dec 18 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 17, 2020)
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Jan 07 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Nathan Van Buren.
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Jan 10 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 17, 2020 to February 18, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jan 13 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 18, 2020.
Jan 17 2020 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
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Jan 17 2020 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed.
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Jan 31 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 18, 2020 to March 10, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jan 31 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 10, 2020.
Mar 10 2020 Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
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Mar 18 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/3/2020.
Mar 18 2020 Reply of petitioner Nathan Van Buren filed.
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Apr 13 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
Apr 20 2020 Petition GRANTED.
Apr 29 2020 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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May 06 2020 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 1, 2020. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 27, 2020.
Jun 04 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Nathan Van Buren
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Jul 01 2020 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received 5/11/21).
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Jul 01 2020 Brief of petitioner Nathan Van Buren filed.
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Jul 07 2020 Brief amici curiae of The R Street Institute, et al. filed.
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Jul 07 2020 Brief amici curiae of Kyratso Karahalios, et al. filed.
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Jul 07 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Association of Medical Device Service Organizations filed.
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Jul 07 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Association of Medical Device Reprocessors filed.
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Jul 08 2020 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
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Jul 08 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Committee for Justice filed.
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Jul 08 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
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Jul 08 2020 Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. filed.
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Jul 08 2020 Brief amici curiae of National Whistleblower Center filed.
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Jul 08 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The United States Technology Policy Committee of the ACM in support of neither party filed.
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Jul 08 2020 Brief amici curiae of Technology Companies filed.
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Jul 08 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Orin S. Kerr filed.
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Jul 08 2020 Brief amici curiae of Computer Security Researchers, et al. filed.
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Jul 08 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Markup filed.
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Aug 27 2020 Brief of respondent United States filed.
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Aug 31 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association filed.
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Sep 01 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Managed Funds Association filed.
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Sep 02 2020 Brief amici curiae of Karen Heart and Anthony Volini of CIPLIT filed.
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Sep 03 2020 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed.
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Sep 03 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Voatz, Inc. filed.
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Sep 03 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Digital Justice Foundation filed.
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Sep 16 2020 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 30, 2020.
Sep 28 2020 Reply of petitioner Nathan Van Buren filed.
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Oct 08 2020 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
Oct 13 2020 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Oct 27 2020 CIRCULATED
Nov 04 2020 Record received from the U.S.D.C Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta) Some sealed materials. One Envelope.
Nov 30 2020 Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, Cal. For respondent: Eric J. Feigin, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 03 2021 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, J., joined.
Jul 06 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Feb 15 2023 Record returned to the U.S.D.C Northern District of Georgia (three envelopes).
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Jeffrey L. Fisher
Counsel of Record
Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
jlfisher@law.stanford.edu
Ph: (650) 724-7081
Party name: Nathan Van Buren


Attorneys for Respondents
Brian H. Fletcher
Counsel of Record
Acting Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Other Attorneys
Clifford Warren Berlow
Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
353 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654
cberlow@jenner.com
Ph: 312-840-7366
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers


Esha Bhandari
Counsel of Record
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
ebhandari@aclu.org
Ph: 212-549-2500
Party name: Kyratso Karahalios, et al.


Katherine M. Bolger
Counsel of Record
Davis Wright & Tremaine LLP
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
KateBolger@dwt.com
Ph: 212-489-8230
Party name: The Markup


Alan Jay Butler
Counsel of Record
Electronic Privacy Information Center
1519 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
butler@epic.org
Ph: 2024831140
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al.


Andrew Gellis Crocker
Counsel of Record
Electronic Frontier Foundation
815 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
andrew@eff.org
Ph: (415) 436-9333
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al.


Edward Francis Cunningham
Counsel of Record
Law Office of Edward F. Cunningham
62 Cambridge Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
ed@edcunninghamlaw.com
Ph: 5163283705
Party name: Digital Justice Foundation


Joseph Vecchione DeMarco
Counsel of Record
DeVore & DeMarco LLP
99 Park Avenue, Suite 1100
New York, NY 10016
jvd@devoredemarco.com
Ph: 917-576-2369
Party name: Managed Funds Association


Joseph Vecchione DeMarco
Counsel of Record
DeVore & DeMarco LLP
99 Park Avenue, Suite 1100
New York, NY 10016
jvd@devoredemarco.com
Ph: 917-576-2369
Party name: Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association


Anthony John Dick
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
ajdick@jonesday.com
Ph: 2028793939
Party name: Committee for Justice


John Garfield Dillard
Counsel of Record
Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC
2000 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 3000
Washington, DC 20006
jdillard@ofwlaw.com
Ph: 2025186349
Party name: Association of Medical Device Service Organizations


Charles Duan
Counsel of Record
R Street Institute
1212 New York Ave NW Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
cduan@rstreet.org
Ph: (202) 525-5717
Party name: The R Street Institute, Public Knowledge, Lincoln Network, Engine Advocacy, the Innovation Defense Foundation, and the American Antitrust Institute


Andrew Grosso
Counsel of Record
Andrew Grosso & Associates
1101 30th Street, Northwest
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20007
Agrosso@acm.org
Ph: (202) 298-6500
Party name: The United States Technology Policy Committee of the ACM


Karen Heart
Counsel of Record
Attorney at Law
1040 Thomas Ave.
Forest Park, IL 60130-2319
kheart@depaul.edu
Ph: 7089969278
Party name: Karen Heart and Anthony Volini of CIPLIT


Jared Lee Hubbard
Counsel of Record
Fitch Law Partners LLP
One Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
jlh@fitchlp.com
Ph: 6175425542
Party name: Voatz, Inc.


Orin S. Kerr
Counsel of Record
334 North Addition
Berkeley, CA 94720-7200
orin@orinkerr.com
Ph: (510)664-5257
Party name: Orin S. Kerr


Stephen M. Kohn
Counsel of Record
Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP
1710 N Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
sk@kkc.com
Ph: (202) 342-6980
Party name: National Whistleblower Center


Mark A. Lemley
Counsel of Record
Durie Tangri LLP
217 Leidesdorff Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
mlemley@durietangri.com
Ph: 415-362-6666
Party name: Technology Companies


Kannon K. Shanmugam
Counsel of Record
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
kshanmugam@paulweiss.com
Ph: (202) 223-7300
Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al.


Stephen David Terman
Counsel of Record
Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz PC
2000 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 3000
Washington, DC 20006
mweeda@ofwlaw.com
Ph: 2024868384
Party name: Association of Medical Device Reprocessors


Russel James Valvo III
Counsel of Record
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
1310 N. Courthouse Road, Ste. 700
Arlington, VA 22201
jvalvo@afphq.org
Ph: (571) 329-4420
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation