No. 21-1415

John Doe v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-05-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-right-to-informational-privacy constitutional-rights freedom-of-information-act government-records informational-privacy privacy-act relevance single-publication-rule statute-of-limitations timeliness
Latest Conference: 2022-06-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does judicial application of the "single publication rule" to all claims arising under the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a et seq., deprive private citizens such as petitioner of their statutory right to bring an otherwise timely action for relief under that Act, where the cognizable injury that is the basis for the action does not ripen until a significant period of time after initial publication and only once the published material is no longer "relevant" and "timely" within the meaning of that Act.

2. Is the constitutional right to "informational privacy" implicated by the federal government's perpetual maintenance on publicly available websites of press releases concerning federal criminal proceedings concluded numerous years-ago?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the single publication rule deprive citizens of their statutory right to timely Privacy Act relief?

Docket Entries

2022-06-13
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022.
2022-05-18
Waiver of right of respondent Merrick B. Garland, et al. to respond filed.
2022-05-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 3, 2022)

Attorneys

John Doe
Richard G. NovakLaw Offices of Richard G. Novak, Petitioner
Merrick B. Garland, et al.
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent