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In Re National Security Letter, No. C 11-02173 SI (N.D.Cal.) (930 F.Supp.2d 1064) (March 14, 2013) (Judge Susan Y. Illston)

Article • April 1, 2013 • from P&J April, 2013

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, National Security Letters

In Re National Security Letter, No. C 11-02173 SI (N.D.Cal.) (930 F.Supp.2d 1064) (March 14, 2013) (Judge Susan Y. Illston) by Within the space of a few years, National Security Letters (NSLs) have become one of the most commonly used - and over-reaching - discovery tools in the FBI’s arsenal …

Doe v. Holder, No. 04 Civ. 2614 (VM) (S.D.N.Y.) (665 F.Supp.2d 426) (October 20, 2009) (Judge Victor Marrero)

Article • May 3, 2010 • from P&J May, 2010

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, National Security Letters

Doe v. Holder, No. 04 Civ. 2614 (VM) (S.D.N.Y.) (665 F.Supp.2d 426) (October 20, 2009) (Judge Victor Marrero) by [Editor's Note: For a chronological listing of the various decisions in this line of cases, see these prior and subsequent related decisions: • Doe v. Ashcroft, 334 F. Supp. 2d 471 …

Doe v. Mukasey, No. 07-4943-cv (2nd Cir.) (549 F.3d 861) (December 15, 2008) (Judge Jon O. Newman)

Article • January 1, 2009 • from P&J January, 2009

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, National Security Letters

Doe v. Mukasey, No. 07-4943-cv (2nd Cir.) (549 F.3d 861) (December 15, 2008) (Judge Jon O. Newman) by In litigation concerning First Amendment challenges to the constitutionality of statutes governing the issuance and judicial review of National Security Letters (NSLs) which request records from providers of wire or electronic communication …

Doe v. Gonzales, No. 04 Civ. 2614 (VM) (S.D.N.Y.) (500 F.Supp.2d 379) (September 6, 2007) (Judge Victor Marrero)

Article • August 1, 2007 • from P&J August, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, USA Patriot Act

Doe v. Gonzales, No. 04 Civ. 2614 (VM) (S.D.N.Y.) (500 F.Supp.2d 379) (September 6, 2007) (Judge Victor Marrero) by For the second time in three years, Judge Marrero has concluded that a key component of the USA Patriot Act, namely, 18 U.S.C. § 2709 relating to the issuance of a …

Muslim Community Ass'n of Ann Arbor v. Ashcroft, No. 03-cv-72913-DT (E.D.Mich.) (459 F.Supp.2d 592) (September 29, 2006) (Judge Denise Page Hood)

Article • September 1, 2006 • from P&J September, 2006

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, USA Patriot Act

Muslim Community Ass'n of Ann Arbor v. Ashcroft, No. 03-cv-72913-DT (E.D.Mich.) (459 F.Supp.2d 592) (September 29, 2006) (Judge Denise Page Hood) by In 2003, the ACLU filed this lawsuit on behalf of the Muslim Community Association of Ann Arbor and five other non-profit groups, charging that Section 215 of the …

Doe v. Gonzales, No. 05-0570-cv(L) (2nd Cir.) (449 F.3d 415) (May 23, 2006) (Per Curiam)

Article • April 1, 2006 • from P&J April, 2006

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, National Security Letters

Doe v. Gonzales, No. 05-0570-cv(L) (2nd Cir.) (449 F.3d 415) (May 23, 2006) (Per Curiam) by This consolidated appeal involves two important electronic privacy challenges to the government’s ability to obtain secretly enormous amounts of data by using National Security Letters (NSLs). One of the key components of the PATRIOT …

Doe v. Gonzales, No. 3:05-cv-1256 (JCH) (D.Conn.) (386 F.Supp.2d 66) (September 9, 2005) (Judge Janet C. Hall)

Article • August 1, 2005 • from P&J August, 2005

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, National Security Letters

Doe v. Gonzales, No. 3:05-cv-1256 (JCH) (D.Conn.) (386 F.Supp.2d 66) (September 9, 2005) (Judge Janet C. Hall) by Here Judge Hall lifted a gag order that shielded the identity of librarians who received a National Security Letter from the FBI under a provision of the Patriot Act (18 USC § …

U.S. v. Talebnejad, No. CRIM.PJM 03-0517 (D.Md.) (342 F.Supp.2d 346) (September 28, 2004) (Judge Peter J. Messitte)

Article • January 1, 2005 • from P&J January, 2005

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, USA Patriot Act

U.S. v. Talebnejad, No. CRIM.PJM 03-0517 (D.Md.) (342 F.Supp.2d 346) (September 28, 2004) (Judge Peter J. Messitte) by In this case, Judge Messitte dismissed, as “fatally infirm,” an indictment that charged three Arab defendants with conducting an unlicensed money transmitting business in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1960, as amended …

Doe v. Ashcroft, No. 04 Civ. 2614 (VM) (S.D.N.Y.) (334 F.Supp.2d 471) (September 28, 2004) (Judge Victor Marrero)

Article • September 1, 2004 • from P&J September, 2004

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, National Security Letters

Doe v. Ashcroft, No. 04 Civ. 2614 (VM) (S.D.N.Y.) (334 F.Supp.2d 471) (September 28, 2004) (Judge Victor Marrero) by In this sharply worded 120-page ruling, Judge Victor Marrero struck down a key component of the USA Patriot Act as unconstitutional because it allows the FBI to demand information from telephone …

A.C.L.U. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, No. Civ.A.02-2077 ESH (D.D.C.) (265 F.Supp.2d 20) (May 19, 2003) (Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle)

Article • August 1, 2003 • from P&J August, 2003

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, USA Patriot Act

A.C.L.U. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, No. Civ.A.02-2077 ESH (D.D.C.) (265 F.Supp.2d 20) (May 19, 2003) (Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle) by Few laws in recent times have been as controversial as the USA PATRIOT Act (“Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act”) …

U.S. v. Reid, No. CR.A. 02-10013-WGY (D.Mass.) (206 F.Supp.2d 132) (June 11, 2002) (Judge William G. Young)

Article • August 1, 2002 • from P&J August, 2002

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, USA Patriot Act

U.S. v. Reid, No. CR.A. 02-10013-WGY (D.Mass.) (206 F.Supp.2d 132) (June 11, 2002) (Judge William G. Young) by The defendant in this case, Richard Reid, was accused of attempting to detonate an explosive device in his shoe while aboard an international flight from Paris to Miami that was diverted to …