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Facebook Inc. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County

Petition for certiorari denied on May 18, 2020

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19-1006 Cal. Ct. App. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

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.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/26/2019Application (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.
12/02/2019Application (19A609) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 8, 2020.
02/07/2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 12, 2020)
02/20/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 12, 2020 to April 13, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
02/24/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 13, 2020.
04/09/2020Brief of respondents Lee Sullivan in opposition filed.
04/27/2020Reply of petitioners Facebook, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
04/28/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
05/18/2020Petition DENIED.