Facebook Inc. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County
Petition for certiorari denied on May 18, 2020
Issue: Whether a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to subpoena service providers and force them to turn over the contents of their account-holders’ communications, notwithstanding the Stored Communications Act’s express prohibition on such disclosures, and whether a service provider can be held in contempt for refusing to violate the SCA in response to such a subpoena.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Nov 26 2019 | Application (19A609) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 10, 2019 to February 8, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| Dec 02 2019 | Application (19A609) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 8, 2020. |
| Feb 07 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 12, 2020) |
| Feb 20 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 12, 2020 to April 13, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Feb 24 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 13, 2020. |
| Apr 09 2020 | Brief of respondents Lee Sullivan in opposition filed. |
| Apr 27 2020 | Reply of petitioners Facebook, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 28 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020. |
| May 18 2020 | Petition DENIED. |
