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No. 20-828
Title:Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al., Petitioners
v.
Yassir Fazaga, et al.
Docketed:December 18, 2020
Linked with 21A27
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(12-56867, 12-56874, 13-55017)
   Decision Date:July 20, 2020
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Dec 17 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 19, 2021)
PetitionProof of Service
Dec 28 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 19, 2021 to March 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Dec 29 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 22, 2021.
Jan 05 2021Waiver of right of respondents James Elmer Mitchell and John Jessen not accepted for filing (waiver filed in wrong case and removed from the docket 3/5/21).
Jan 18 2021Brief of respondents Pat Rose, Paul Allen and Kevin Armstrong in support filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Jan 19 2021Brief of respondents J. Stephen Tidwell and Barbara Walls in support filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Mar 04 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 22, 2021 to April 21, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Mar 05 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 21, 2021.
Apr 21 2021Brief of respondents Yassir Fazaga, et al. in opposition filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
May 11 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/27/2021.
May 11 2021Reply of petitioners Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word Count
Jun 01 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/3/2021.
Jun 07 2021Petition GRANTED.
Jul 01 2021Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Main Document
Jul 12 2021Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners brief on the merits is extended to and including July 30, 2021. The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including September 21, 2021.
Jul 30 2021Brief of respondents Agents J. Stephen Tidwell and Barbara Walls in support of petitioners filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Jul 30 2021Brief of respondents Agents Paul Allen, Kevin Armstrong, and Pat Rose in support of reversal filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Jul 30 2021Brief of petitioners Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. filed.
Certificate of Word CountMain Document
Jul 30 2021Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Proof of ServiceMain Document
Aug 06 2021Brief amicus curiae of Professor Laura K. Donohue in support of neither party filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Aug 16 2021ARGUMENT SET FOR Monday, November 8, 2021.
Aug 25 2021Application (21A27) to file a response brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Main DocumentProof of Service
Sep 01 2021Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Sep 02 2021Application (21A27) granted by Justice Kagan to file a response brief on the merits in excess of the word limit.
Sep 21 2021CIRCULATED
Sep 21 2021Brief of respondents Yassir Fazaga, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 28 2021Brief amici curiae of Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 28 2021Brief amici curiae of James Dempsey and Sharon Bradford Franklin filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 28 2021Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 28 2021Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 28 2021Brief amici curiae of 50 Religious Organizations filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 28 2021Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 28 2021Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 28 2021Brief amici curiae of The Brennan Center for Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 28 2021Motion for divided argument and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed jointly by Agent respondents in support.
Main Document
Sep 28 2021Brief amicus curiae of Professor Barry Siegel filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 28 2021Brief amici curiae of Free Speech Defense & Education Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Oct 12 2021Motion for divided argument and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed by respondents GRANTED.
Oct 14 2021The record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Oct 21 2021Reply of petitioners Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Proof of ServiceMain Document
Oct 21 2021Reply of respondents Agents J. Stephen Tidwell and Barbara Walls in support of petitioners filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Oct 21 2021Reply of respondents Agents Paul Allen, Kevin Armstrong, and Pat Rose in support of reversal filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Nov 08 2021Argued. For petitioners: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Agent Respondents: Catherine M.A. Carroll, Washington, D. C. For respondents Fazaga, et al.: Ahilan T. Arulanantham, Los Angeles, Cal.
Mar 04 2022Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Apr 05 2022JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
    Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
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 Respondents
Ahilan T. Arulanantham
    Counsel of Record
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW
385 Charles Young Drive East
Los Angeles, CA 90095

arulanantham@law.ucla.edu
310-825-1029
Party name: Yassir Fazaga, et al.
Catherine Mary Agnes Carroll
    Counsel of Record
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006

catherine.carroll@wilmerhale.com
202-663-6000
Party name: Agents J. Stephen Tidwell and Barbara Walls in support of petitioners
Alexander Howard Cote
    Counsel of Record
Winston & Strawn LLP
333 S. Grand Avenue, 38th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071

acote@winston.com
(213) 615-1993
Party name: Agents Paul Allen, Kevin Armstrong, and Pat Rose in support of reversal
Other
Jennifer Rose Cowan
    Counsel of Record
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022

jrcowan@debevoise.com
(212) 909-6000
Party name: James Dempsey, Sharon Bradford Franklin
Shay Dvoretzky
    Counsel of Record
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1440 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005

shay.dvoretzky@skadden.com
202-371-7370
Party name: Professor Laura K. Donohue
Brianne Jenna Gorod
    Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036

brianne@theusconstitution.org
202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center
David Morris Gossett
    Counsel of Record
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
1301 K Street NW
Suite 500 East
Washington, DC 20005

davidgossett@dwt.com
202-973-4200
Party name: The Brennan Center for Justice, Due Process Institute, Electronic Privacy Information Center, FreedomWorks Foundation, and TechFreedom
Erik S. Jaffe
    Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe LLP
1717 K Street, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

ejaffe@schaerr-jaffe.com
202-787-1060
Party name: Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability
Winifred V. Kao
    Counsel of Record
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus
55 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94111

winifredk@advancingjustice-alc.org
415-896-1702
Party name: Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus, et al.
William Jeffrey Olson
    Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

wjo@mindspring.com
7033565070
Party name: Free Speech Defense & Education Fund, Free Speech Coalition, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, Downsize DC Foundation, and DownsizeDC.org
Akiva Shapiro
    Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166

ashapiro@gibsondunn.com
(212) 351-4000
Party name: Constitutional Law Professors
Michael H. Steinberg
    Counsel of Record
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
1888 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90067

steinbergm@sullcrom.com
(310) 712-6600
Party name: Professor Barry Siegel
Richard Roy Wiebe
    Counsel of Record
Law Office of Richard R. Wiebe
44 Montgomery Street
Suite 650
San Francisco, CA 94104

wiebe@pacbell.net
(415) 433-3200
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Steven Alan Zalesin
    Counsel of Record
Patterson Belknap Webb and Tyler LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

sazalesin@pbwt.com
2123362000
Party name: 50 Religious Organizations

 

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