Wilkinson v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

TASHIMA, District Judge.

This is an action arising out of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (“FBI”) surveillance and investigation of the National *434Committee Against Repressive Legislation (“NCARL”)1 and Frank Wilkinson (“Wilkinson”), NCARL’s former Executive Director. Plaintiffs allege, inter alia, that the FBI conducted its investigation for an improper motive, i.e., to monitor and harass plaintiffs in the exercise of their First Amendment rights, and employed various illegal investigatory techniques, e.g., so-called “black bag” jobs, in violation of 42 U.S.C.…