No. 21-6395
Seitu Sulayman Kokayi v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights electronic-surveillance first-amendment fisa-surveillance foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act fourth-amendment probable-cause standing
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
FirstAmendment FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference:
2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether electronic surveillance of a U.S. citizen under FISA violates FISA and/or the First and/or Fourth Amendments
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether electronic surveillance undertaken by the United States, of a United States citizen, pursuant to perceived authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) can be undertaken and repeatedly reauthorized upon renewed findings of probable cause over a period of years (upon information and belief), without any alleged terrorism or espionage-related charges or substantive changes in circumstances to support the ongoing surveillance, is a violation of FISA, and/or the First and/or Fourth Amendments to the United States Constitution?
Docket Entries
2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 23, 2021)
Attorneys
Seitu Kokayi
Mark John Petrovich — Petrovich & Walsh, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent