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Jason William Lang v. Hillary R. Clinton, et al.

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 25-126 · judgment May 21, 2025


Certiorari denied · June 29, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Whether the government’s use of warrantlessj surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), including! the submission of surveillance applications misleadingly labeled as “FISA warrants,” violates the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures when targeting U.S. persons.

  2. Whether the government’s surveillance activities under 50 U.S.C. § 702 (FISA Section

  3. against American citizens without probable cause, individualized suspicion, or judicial oversight constitute an unlawful search under the Fourth Amendment.

  4. Whether the government’s conduct in surveilling U.S. persons under 50 U.S.C. § 1881a, contrary to its statutory limitations, violates the FISA Amendments Act when no valid basis existed to target a U.S. citizen.

  5. Whether a federal judge must recuse herself under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) and (b)(1) when she was nominated to the federal bench by a defendant in the same case, creating an appearance of partiality and potential personal bias—particularly where another judge previously recused under identical circumstances and where the court of appeals erroneously found that the judge was not appointed by the litigant-President.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jason Lang

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 29 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 10 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
  3. Jul 31 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 29, 2026)