| No. 22-1178 | |
| Title: | Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al., Petitioners v. Yonas Fikre |
| Docketed: | June 6, 2023 |
| Linked with 22A822 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (20-35904) |
| Decision Date: | May 27, 2022 |
| Rehearing Denied: | January 4, 2023 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Mar 16 2023 | Application (22A822) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 4, 2023 to June 2, 2023, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
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| Mar 16 2023 | Application (22A822) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until June 2, 2023. |
| Jun 02 2023 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 6, 2023) |
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| Jun 30 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 6, 2023 to August 21, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Jul 03 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 21, 2023. |
| Aug 21 2023 | Brief of respondent Yonas Fikre in opposition filed. |
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| Sep 05 2023 | Reply of petitioners Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 06 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023. |
| Sep 29 2023 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Oct 13 2023 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. |
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| Oct 30 2023 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED. |
| Nov 13 2023 | Brief of petitioners filed. |
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| Nov 17 2023 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. |
| Nov 17 2023 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, January 8, 2024. |
| Nov 17 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in support of neither party filed. |
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| Nov 17 2023 | Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The record is electronic and available on PACER. |
| Nov 30 2023 | CIRCULATED |
| Dec 01 2023 | Sealed material from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon electronically available with the Clerk. |
| Dec 13 2023 | Brief of respondent Yonas Fikre filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 19 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Sikh Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2023 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Patrick G. Eddington filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 28 2023 | Reply of petitioners Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 08 2024 | Argued. For petitioners: Sopan Joshi, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Gadeir Abbas, Washington, D. C. |
| Feb 21 2024 | Letter of petitioners Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 19 2024 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Kavanaugh, J., joined. |
| Apr 22 2024 | Judgment Issued. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Gadeir Ibrahim Abbas | Council on American-Islamic Relations 453 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20003 gabbas@cair.com | 202 742-6420 |
| Party name: Yonas Fikre | ||
| Lindsay C. Harrison Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block, LLP 1099 New York Avenue, NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 LHARRISON@JENNER.COM | (202)-639-6865 |
| Party name: Yonas Fikre | ||
| Lena Fatina Masri | CAIR Legal Defense Fund 453 New Jersey Ave SE Washington, DC 20003 ldf@cair.com | 12027426420 |
| Party name: Yonas Fikre | ||
| Justin Mark Sadowsky | CAIR Legal Defense Fund 453 New Jersey Ave SE Washington, DC 20003 jsadowsky@cair.com | 2027426420 |
| Party name: Yonas Fikre | ||
| Other | ||
| Koren Larissa Bell Counsel of Record | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 2029 Century Park East Los Angeles, CA 90067 KBell@willkie.com | (310) 855-3000 |
| Party name: Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Other Asian-American Civil Rights Organizations | ||
| Anastasia Paulinna Boden Counsel of Record | Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001 aboden@cato.org | 202-216-1414 |
| Party name: Patrick G. Eddington | ||
| Joseph Charles Davis Counsel of Record | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty 1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006 jdavis@becketlaw.org | 202-796-0204 |
| Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | ||
| Russell Harris Falconer Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 2001 Ross Avenue Suite 2100 Dallas, TX 75201 rfalconer@gibsondunn.com | (214) 698-3301 |
| Party name: Cato Institute | ||
| Samuel Bracken Gedge Counsel of Record | Institute for Justice 901 N. Glebe Road, Suite 900 Arlington, VA 22203 SGEDGE@IJ.ORG | (703) 682-9320 |
| Party name: Institute for Justice | ||
| Jacob H. Huebert Counsel of Record | Liberty Justice Center 440 N. Wells Street, Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60654 JHUEBERT@ljc.org | 312-637-2280 |
| Party name: Liberty Justice Center | ||
| Christina A. Jump Counsel of Record | Constitutional Law Center for Muslims In America 100 North Central Expy, Suite 1010 Richardson, TX 75080 CJUMP@CLCMA.ORG | (972) 914-2507 |
| Party name: Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America | ||
| John Michael Reeves Jr. Counsel of Record | Reeves Law LLC 7733 Forsyth Blvd. Suite 1100 - #1192 St. Louis, MO 63105 reeves@appealsfirm.com | 3147756985 |
| Party name: Sikh Coalition and First Liberty Institute | ||
| Hina Shamsi Counsel of Record | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad Street 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 hshamsi@aclu.org | 212-549-2500 |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union and The ACLU Foundation of Oregon | ||
| Mahesha Padmanabhan Subbaraman Counsel of Record | Subbaraman PLLC 222 S. 9th St., Suite 1600 Minneapolis, MN 55402 MPS@SUBBLAW.COM | 612-315-9210 |
| Party name: Restore the Fourth, Inc. and the Forum for Constitutional Rights | ||