HATELY v. WATTS

No. 18-1306.

917 F.3d 770 (2019)

Patrick HATELY, an Individual, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Dr. David WATTS, an Individual, Defendant - Appellee. The Center for Democracy & Technology; The Electronic Frontier Foundation; New America's Open Technology Institute, Amici Supporting Appellant, Digital Justice Foundation, Amicus Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 6, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Eric James Menhart , LEXERO LAW, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Jonathan David Frieden , ODIN, FELDMAN & PITTLEMAN, P.C., Reston, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: James P. Miller , ODIN, FELDMAN & PITTLEMAN, P.C., Reston, Virginia, for Appellee. Marta F. Belcher , James R. Batchelder , Monica A. Ortel , James H. Rickard , East Palo Alto, California, Evan Gourvitz , Lance W. Shapiro , New York, New York, Kathryn C. Thornton , ROPES & GRAY LLP, Washington, D.C.; Gregory T. Nojeim , CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY & TECHNOLOGY, Washington, D.C.; Andrew Crocker , ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, San Francisco, California; Kevin Bankston , NEW AMERICA'S OPEN TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, Washington, D.C., for Amici The Center for Democracy & Technology, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, and New America's Open Technology Institute. Andrew Grimm , DIGITAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION, Omaha, Nebraska, for Amicus The Digital Justice Foundation.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge Wynn wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Motz joined.


Patrick Hately brought this action alleging that David Watts unlawfully accessed messages in Hately's web-based email account in violation of the Virginia Computer Crimes Act and the federal Stored Communications Act. But the district court found that Hately failed to demonstrate the requisite statutory injury under state law...

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