No. 19-5345

Mustafa Kamel Mustafa v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: classified-information constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure defense-investigation due-process first-amendment national-security overbreadth separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation vagueness
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Section 5(a) of the Classified Information Procedures Act, 18 U.S.C. App. 3, is unconstitutionally vague or overbroad due to its potential to permit District Courts to prohibit what would otherwise be viewed as a common defense investigation if the case did not involve classified information?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED ; Whether Section 5(a) of the Classified Information Procedures Act, 18 U.S.C. App. 3, is unconstitutionally vague or overbroad due to its potential to permit District Courts to prohibit what would otherwise be viewed as a common defense investigation if the case did not involve classified information? t . al *

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-06-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 26, 2019)
2019-05-14
Application (18A1174) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until June 28, 2019.
2019-05-10
Application (18A1174) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 14, 2019 to June 28, 2019, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.

Attorneys

Mustafa K. Mustafa
Michael K. Bachrach — Petitioner
Michael K. Bachrach — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent