Further Submission to PJCIS Regarding Assistance and Access Act
Submission to Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) regarding its review of the Assistance and Access Act that had…
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Opening Brief to the Ninth Circuit re Motion to Unseal (Facebook Messenger)
Opening brief of Movants-Appellants EFF, ACLU, and Riana Pfefferkorn to the Ninth Circuit in our appeal from the district court's denial of our motion to un…
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Court Denies Petition to Unseal Its Perma-Sealed Surveillance Docket
After 32 months of litigation, my quest to unseal my local federal district court's sealed surveillance docket has ended with not a single page unsealed and…
Order Denying Petition to Unseal
Opinion and order affirming magistrate judge's report and recommendation (R&R) to deny the Petition to Unseal filed by Riana Pfefferkorn and Jennifer Gr…
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The Wonderful Wizards of Oz
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!” – The Wizard of O…
Reply in Support of Objections to Report and Recommendation
Reply brief in support of January 2019 objections to magistrate judge's report and recommendation. * Publication Type:Litigation Brief * Publication Date…
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Court Refuses to Shed Light on Government’s Attempt to Break Facebook Messenger Encryption
On February 11, a federal court in Fresno denied a motion to unseal that I had filed last November along with the ACLU, the ACLU of Northern California, and the…
Order Denying Motions to Unseal
Order denying motions by Riana Pfefferkorn and others to unseal the docket and court's legal reasoning in a sealed case wherein the Department of Justice al…
Submission to PJCIS Regarding Assistance and Access Act
Submission to Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) regarding its review of the Assistance and Access Act that had…
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Wrapping Up a Month of Court Transparency Efforts
As I mentioned in my previous blog post, 2019 is shaping up to be a big year for increased transparency in our nation's courts. At CIS, we've had a whir…
Amicus Brief of EFF and Riana Pfefferkorn
Amicus brief of Electronic Frontier Foundation and Riana Pfefferkorn in support of Petitioners-Appellants Jason Leopold and Reporters Committee for Freedom of t…
Objections to Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation
Objections to Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation to deny the Petition, plus supporting documents (supporting declaration of Jennifer Granick, admi…