ATTKISSON v. HOLDER

No. 18-1677.

925 F.3d 606 (2019)

Sharyl Thompson ATTKISSON; James Howard Attkisson; Sarah Judith Starr Attkisson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Eric Himpton HOLDER, Jr., Individually; Patrick R. Donahoe, Individually; Unknown Named Agents of the Department of Justice, in their individual capacities; Unknown Named Agents of the United States Postal Service, in their individual capacities; Unknown Named Agents of the United States, in their individual capacities; Verizon Virginia LLC; Federal Bureau of Investigation; MCI Communications Services, Inc., d/b/a Verizon Business Services; Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 17, 2019.

Amended: June 10, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Paul Schiff Berman , Chevy Chase , Maryland, for Appellants. H. Thomas Byron, III , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Reid Mason Figel , KELLOGG, HANSEN, TODD, FIGEL & FREDERICK, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Clyde T. Turner , TURNER & ASSOCIATES, Little Rock, Arkansas, for Appellants. Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Catherine H. Dorsey , Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; G. Zachary Terwilliger , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Federal Appellees. David L. Schwarz , Kylie Chiseul Kim , Albert Y. Pak , KELLOGG, HANSEN, TODD, FIGEL & FREDERICK, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellees MCI Communications Services Incorporated, Cellco Partnership, and Verizon, Virginia, LLC.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge King wrote the opinion, in which Judge Motz joined. Judge Wynn wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


ON REHEARING

Plaintiffs Sharyl Thompson Attkisson, James Howard Attkisson, and Sarah Judith Starr Attkisson appeal from the dismissal with prejudice of their claims in the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiffs sued a number of named and unnamed government officials for alleged illegal intrusions into the plaintiffs...

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