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Basaaly Saeed Moalin v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 13-50572 · judgment September 2, 2020


Certiorari denied · November 10, 2025

Question presented

  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 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?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joshua Lewis Dratel
Dratel & Lewis

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Related
Vide, 25-5671

Proceedings

  1. Nov 10 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 23 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
  3. Oct 20 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Aug 14 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 20, 2025)