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Alexander P. Bebris v. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 24-5067 · judgment January 6, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025

Questions presented

  1. Does an entity, regardless of its method or location of its incorporation, bedome an "authority" of the United States when;

  2. the majority of funding for said entity is provided by the federal government; (2) that entity is specifically named and directed by statute to perform particular functions and actions; f:' and, (3) a subset of the directed statutory mandates include the exercise of power(s) [law enforcement] that have been reserved to the sovereign?

  3. If an entity is found to be an "authority" of the United States in meeting question #1 in the affirmative, is that entity subject to the provisions of 5 USC 552 ("The Freedom of Information Act")?

  4. Does an entity, regardless of how and where it is incorporated, become a "de facto" agency of the United States under Article II of the United States Constitution where that entity has been granted a special law enforcement authority by Congress? i.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Alexander P. Bebris

For respondent
Barbara Anne Smith
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
24A908

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 21 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Aug 01 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent NCMEC to respond filed.
  4. May 30 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 15, 2025)
  5. Mar 25 2025
    Application (24A908) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 5, 2025.
  6. Mar 13 2025
    Application (24A908) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 6, 2025 to June 5, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.