No. 25-5672

Basaaly Saeed Moalin v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: business-records constitutional-challenge ex-parte-review fourth-amendment metadata-collection surveillance-act
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-11-07
Related Cases: 25-5671 (Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a United States Court of Appeals may avoid ruling on a constitutional challenge to a statute implicating Fourth Amendment concerns if it determines that suppression is not an available remedy?; Does 50 U.S.C. § 1861 et seq, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act's 'Access to Business Records' authority, require, or even permit, ex parte and in camera review of evidence derived from collection made pursuant to its authority?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

(1) Whether a United States Court of Appeals may avoid ruling on a constitutional challenge to a statute implicating Fourth Amendment concerns if it determines that suppression is not an available remedy? (2) Does 50 U.S.C. § 1861 e¢ seq, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s “Access to Business Records” authority, require, or even permit, ex parte and in camera review of evidence derived from collection made pursuant to its authority? i

Docket Entries

2025-11-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
2025-10-20
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-08-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 20, 2025)

Attorneys

Basaaly Moalin
Joshua Lewis DratelDratel & Lewis, Petitioner
Joshua Lewis DratelDratel & Lewis, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent