| 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 | |
| Date | 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). |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Jeffrey L. Fisher Counsel of Record | Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 jlfisher@law.stanford.edu | (650) 724-7081 |
| Party name: Nathan Van Buren | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| 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 | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Other | ||
| Clifford Warren Berlow Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block LLP 353 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654 cberlow@jenner.com | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | (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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | (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 | (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 | 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 | 6175425542 |
| Party name: Voatz, Inc. | ||
| Orin S. Kerr Counsel of Record | 334 North Addition Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 orin@orinkerr.com | (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 | (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 | 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 | (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 | 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 | (571) 329-4420 |
| Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation | ||