FAZAGA v. F.B.I.

Nos. 12-56867, 12-56874, 13-55017.

965 F.3d 1015 (2020)

Yassir FAZAGA; Ali Uddin Malik; Yasser Abdelrahim, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; Christopher A. Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in his official capacity; Paul Delacourt, Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation's Los Angeles Division, in his official capacity; Pat Rose; Kevin Armstrong; Paul Allen, Defendants, and Barbara Walls; J. Stephen Tidwell, Defendants-Appellants. Yassir Fazaga; Ali Uddin Malik; Yasser Abdelrahim, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Christopher A. Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in his official capacity; Paul Delacourt, Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation's Los Angeles Division, in his official capacity; J. Stephen Tidwell; Barbara Walls, Defendants, and Pat Rose; Kevin Armstrong; Paul Allen, Defendants-Appellants. Yassir Fazaga; Ali Uddin Malik; Yasser Abdelrahim, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Christopher A. Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in his official capacity; Paul Delacourt, Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation's Los Angeles Division, in his official capacity; J. Stephen Tidwell; Barbara Walls; Pat Rose; Kevin Armstrong; Paul Allen; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Amended February 28, 2019.

Filed July 20, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl J. Nichols (argued) and Howard M. Shapiro , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C.; Katie Moran , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees Barbara Walls and J. Stephen Tidwell.

Alexander H. Cote (argued), Amos A. Lowder , Angela M. Machala , and David C. Scheper , Scheper Kim & Harris LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees Pat Rose, Paul Allen, and Kevin Armstrong.

Ahilan Arulanantham (argued), Peter Bibring (argued), Catherine A. Wagner , and Mohammad Tajsar , ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Ameena Mirza Qazi and Fatima Dadabhoy , Council on American-Islamic Relations, Anaheim, California; Dan Stormer and Mohammad Tajsar , Hadsell Stormer Keeny & Renick LLP, Pasadena, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Douglas N. Letter (argued), Daniel Tenny , Mark B. Stern , Mark R. Freeman , Sharon Swingle , and Joseph F. Busa , Appellate Staff; Nicola T. Hanna , United States Attorney; Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees Federal Bureau of Investigation, Christopher A. Wray, and Paul Delacourt.

Richard R. Wiebe , Law Office of Richard R. Wiebe, San Francisco, California; Thomas E. Moore III , Royse Law Firm PC, Palo Alto, California; David Greene , Andrew Crockner , Mark Rumold , James S. Tyre , Kurt Opsahl , Lee Tien , and Cindy Cohn , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California; for Amicus Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Concurrence in Order by Judges Gould and Berzon; Statement by Judge Steeh; Dissent to Order by Judge Bumatay.


ORDER AND AMENDED OPINION

ORDER

The opinion filed on February 28, 2019, reported at 916 F.3d 1202, is hereby amended. An amended opinion is filed concurrently with this order. With these amendments, the panel has unanimously voted to deny appellees' petition for rehearing. Judges Berzon and Gould have voted to deny the petition for rehearing en banc and Judge Steeh so recommends.

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