Filed Date: April 7, 2015
Closed Date: 2015
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On April 7, 2015, Human Rights Watch (HRW), a non-partisan, non-profit human rights organization, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiff sued under the Administrative Procedures Act against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The plaintiff, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief claiming that a mass surveillance program conducted by the DEA violated the HRW and its staff's First Amendment free speech and free association rights as well as their Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures.
Specifically, HRW alleged that the DEA had been engaged in a secret mass surveillance program as early as the 1990s. HRW noted that the DEA acknowledged the existence of this program in a declaration filed in January 2015 for a separate case (included as an exhibit in HRW's complaint). According to HRW, the surveillance program indiscriminately swept in call records for calls between the United States and "Designated Countries" that are "determined to have a 'demonstrated nexus to international drug trafficking and related criminal activities.' " HRW alleged that these call records were recorded in databases, which were then made accessible to the officers and employees of the DEA, DHS, and FBI. HRW claimed that during the course of its work, it communicated with individuals in Designated Countries, and that the surveillance program put HRW's contacts at risk and burdened HRW's human rights advocacy efforts. HRW alleged that the defendants violated its First Amendment and Fourth Amendment rights, and requested declaratory and injunctive relief and reasonable attorneys' fees.
On June 15, 2015, the defendants, represented by an attorney from the Department of Justice, moved to dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, arguing that HRW failed to establish that it has standing to pursue its claims. On August 14, 2015, Judge Philip S. Gutierrez issued an order holding in abeyance ruling on the defendants' motion. Judge Gutierrez determined that HRW should be allowed an opportunity to conduct discovery to respond to the defendants' attack on standing, and authorized HRW to serve a limited number of interrogatories on the defendants.
On December 14, 2015, HRW filed for voluntary dismissal without prejudice, as the defendants had provided additional information through discovery concerning the destruction of call records collected in bulk. Two days later, Judge Gutierrez submitted an order dismissing the case without prejudice.
Summary Authors
John He (9/26/2015)
Dawn Lui (10/19/2018)
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Mehta, Jason Paul (California)
Molinari, Gioconda R. (California)
Mooppan, Hashim M (California)
Moore, Kimberly A. (California)
Morabito, Douglas P. (California)
Moran, Courtney Elizabeth (California)
Morehead, Sarah K (California)
Mozangue, Erika R (California)
Murley, Nicole N. (California)
Murphy-Osborne, Maura (California)
Nestler, Emily B. (California)
Newton, Emily Sue (California)
Obermeier, Stephen (California)
Ortega, Roberto D (California)
Oswald, Craig Arthur (California)
Parascandola, Christina B (California)
Peluso, Abigail Lynn (California)
Pfannenschmidt, Dennis (California)
Pogorzelski, Anthony (California)
Prairie, Nicole R (California)
Pratt, Sherease Rosalyn (California)
Press, Joshua Samuel (California)
Prime, Caroline Clark (California)
Reddy, Kirti Vaidya (California)
Ricketts, Jennifer D (California)
Roberts, Lindsy Michele (California)
Robins, Jeffrey S (California)
Robinson-Gaither, Eleanor A (California)
Romero, Jacqueline Christine (California)
Rosenstein, Rod J (California)
Ross, Katherine Ann (California)
Saltman, Julie Shana (California)
Samford, Barclay Thomas (California)
Sampat, Dhruman Y (California)
Schreiber, Glenn Kenneth (California)
Schwei, Daniel Stephen (California)
Security, Department of (California)
Sheffield, Carlton Frederick (California)
Sherer, Jeremy Paul (California)
Shinners, Katherine J (California)
Shugert, Shawn Derek (California)
Shumate, Brett A. (California)
Silverman, Matthew (California)
Silvis, William Charles (California)
Singh, Rukhsanah L. (California)
Smith, Kathryn L. (California)
Smith, Sharon Denise (California)
Sneed, Sekret Tamara (California)
Spaccarotella, John C. (California)
Stegeby, Erik Kenneth (California)
Stevens, Elizabeth Joanne (California)
Steverson, Carolyn Williams (California)
Stoltz-DOJ, Brian Walters (California)
Taylor, Margaret Kuehne (California)
Unit, US Attorney's (California)
Vuong, Sarah Lake (California)
Walker, Elizabeth Lee (California)
Ward, Brian Christopher (California)
Waterman, Brandon Matthew (California)
Weintraub, J. Max (California)
Westwater, Gisela A (California)
Wetzler, Lauren A. (California)
Wildasin, Mark H. (California)
Wilhelm, D Gerald (California)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4152771/human-rights-watch-v-drug-enforcement-administration/
Last updated Feb. 27, 2024, 3:01 a.m.
State / Territory: California
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: April 7, 2015
Closing Date: 2015
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
International human rights organization.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Non-profit NON-religious organization
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Drug Enforcement Administration (Washington), Federal
Defendant Type(s):
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 551 et seq.
Constitutional Clause(s):
Unreasonable search and seizure
Available Documents:
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Mixed
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Issues
General: