老澳门开奖结果 v. US Department of Justice
What's at Stake
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Northern California, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Stanford Law School鈥檚 Riana Pfefferkorn are petitioning to unseal a secret judicial ruling reportedly holding that the Department of Justice cannot force Facebook to alter Facebook Messenger in order to enable the FBI to conduct wiretaps in an investigation. The petition, initially filed in the Eastern District of California, argues that the First Amendment and common-law require public access to the legal ruling as well as to the docket sheet and certain other portions of the underlying proceeding.
Summary
According to press reports, Facebook refused a request from the Justice Department to gain access to its encrypted communications, arguing that complying with the request would require the company to redesign Messenger and dismantle encryption for all users. Encryption safeguards communications against government abuses, identity thieves, credit card fraud, and other criminal activity.
The Justice Department reportedly moved to hold Facebook in contempt of court and lost.
老澳门开奖结果 v. US Department of Justice seeks to make public the legal reasoning that decided the case鈥攚hat authority the Justice Department thought it had to force Facebook to undermine its security infrastructure, and why the court determined the government was wrong.
The court鈥檚 opinion that Facebook did not have to comply with the Justice Department鈥檚 demand is an interpretation of law affecting the private communications of millions of Americans who use communication services such as Messenger, WhatsApp, Skype, and Microsoft Outlook. The public deserves to know what power the government does or does not have to force a service provider to undermine its security features, threatening privacy and security online.
In February of 2019, the Eastern District of California denied the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 motion to give the public access to the court鈥檚 interpretation of statutory language in the Wiretap Act. The case is now pending on appeal before the Ninth Circuit.
Legal Documents
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10/03/2019
Appellants' Washington Post Reply Brief -
10/03/2019
Appellants' 老澳门开奖结果 et al. Reply Brief -
08/12/2019
Brief of Respondent-Appellee Facebook, Inc. -
08/12/2019
Brief for the United States -
06/19/2019
Brief of Amici Upturn and Computer Security Experts -
06/19/2019
Brief of Amici Former US Magistrate Judges -
06/19/2019
Brief of Amici Mozilla and Atlassian -
06/19/2019
Brief of Amici Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press -
06/12/2019
Appellants' 老澳门开奖结果 et al. Opening Brief -
06/12/2019
Appellants' Washington Post Excerpts of Record -
06/12/2019
Appellants' Washington Post Opening Brief -
05/10/2019
Withdrawal of Appellants' Motion for the Court to Obtain Sealed Materials -
05/06/2019
Notice Regarding Appellants' Motion for This Court to Obtain Certain Sealed Materials -
04/25/2019
Response to Motion to Obtain
Date Filed: 10/03/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Date Filed: 10/03/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Date Filed: 08/12/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Date Filed: 08/12/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Date Filed: 06/19/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Date Filed: 06/19/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Date Filed: 06/19/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Date Filed: 06/19/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Date Filed: 06/12/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Date Filed: 06/12/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Date Filed: 06/12/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Date Filed: 05/10/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Date Filed: 05/06/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Date Filed: 04/25/2019
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
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05/03/2019
Order on Motion to Confirm -
04/25/2019
Motion to Confirm that Certain Documents are Part of the Record on Appeal -
03/13/2019
Notice of Appeal - Washington Post -
03/08/2019
Notice of Appeal -
02/11/2019
Order Denying Motions to Unseal and Order to Seal Responsive Filings -
11/28/2018
Application of the Washington Post to Unseal Court Ruling -
11/28/2018
Motion to Unseal Court Records Concerning U.S. DOJ Motion to Compel Facebook
Date Filed: 05/03/2019
Court: District Court (E.D. Cal.)
Date Filed: 04/25/2019
Court: District Court (E.D. Cal.)
Date Filed: 03/13/2019
Court: District Court (E.D. Cal.)
Date Filed: 03/08/2019
Court: District Court (E.D. Cal.)
Date Filed: 02/11/2019
Court: District Court (E.D. Cal.)
Download DocumentDate Filed: 11/28/2018
Court: District Court (E.D. Cal.)
Date Filed: 11/28/2018
Court: District Court (E.D. Cal.)