U.S. v. BATATO

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael S. Elkin , Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, New York, for Appellants. Jay V. Prabhu , Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Craig C. Reilly , Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellants; Robb C. Adkins , San Francisco, California, Steffen N. Johnson , Christopher E. Mills , Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant Megaupload Limited; David B. Smith , Smith & Zimmerman, PLLC, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellants Julius Bencko and Sven Echternach; Ira P. Rothken , Jared R. Smith , Rothken Law Firm, Novato, California, William A. Burck , Derek L. Shaffer , Stephen M. Hauss , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Washington, D.C., for Appellants Kim Dotcom and Megaupload Limited. Dana J. Boente , United States Attorney, G. Wingate Grant , Assistant United States Attorney, Karen L. Taylor , Assistant United States Attorney, Jasmine H. Yoon , Assistant United States Attorney, Allison B. Ickovic , Special Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia; Ryan K. Dickey , Brian L. Levine , Senior Counsel, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Darpana Sheth , Institute for Justice, Arlington, Virginia, Thomas K. Maher , North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services, Durham, North Carolina, Ilya Shapiro , Cato Institute, Washington, D.C., for Amici Cato Institute, Institute for Justice, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge Gregory wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Duncan joined. Judge Floyd wrote a dissenting opinion.