Legal Opinion
Doe v. Gonzales
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 9, 2005No. CIVA3:05CV1256(JCH)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION [Dkt. No. 33] 1
HALL, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On August 9, 2005, the plaintiffs filed suit challenging the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 2709. One of the plaintiffs is John Doe, the recipient of a National Security Letter (“NSL”) issued pursuant to § 2709. That section requires any “wire or electronic communication service provider” to comply with requests by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) for information. 18 U.S.C. § 2709(a)(2001). Specifically, the statute permits the FBI to “request the name, address, and length…
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