No. 19-8779

Nader Salem Elhuzayel v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: due-process electronic-surveillance ex-parte-proceedings ex-parte-review fifth-amendment fisa in-camera-review sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court's in camera, ex parte review of the materials, application, and surveillance order without permitting disclosure or participation by defense counsel violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and the assistance of counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Much of the evidence used to convict petitioner Nader Elhuzayel resulted from electronic surveillance authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”). Petitioner moved to suppress this evidence on the ground that the surveillance order had been obtained illegally and was not supported by probable cause; petitioner also moved for disclosure of the order and application. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling that the order had been obtained lawfully and that petitioner was not entitled to disclosure of the order or the government submissions in support of the order. The question presented is: Whether the district court’s in camera, ex parte review of the materials, application, and surveillance order without permitting disclosure or participation by defense counsel violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and the assistance of counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment? i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-06-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 22, 2020)

Attorneys

Nader Elhuzayel
Guy Michael TanakaLaw Office of Michael Tanaka, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent