DC District Court Schedules Hearing in Klayman v. Obama for Oct. 8
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Richard Leon agreed to hear oral argument in Klayman v. Obama Oct. 8, at 2 p.m., said Larry Klayman, one of the plaintiffs and chairman of Freedom Watch, in a news…
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release. Klayman and co-plaintiffs filed a renewed motion for a preliminary injunction and request for oral argument Monday. Leon’s decision to hear the case comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decided to send the case back to Leon and allow the plaintiffs to prove their records were collected by the NSA (see 1508310042). The D.C. Circuit ruled that the plaintiffs failed to prove their individual phone records were collected by the NSA, so their Fourth Amendment rights weren't violated and they weren't harmed. Because the plaintiffs’ phone service was provided by Verizon Wireless and not Verizon Business, which the government had admitted to surveilling, the D.C. Circuit said plaintiffs hadn't proven their constitutional rights were violated. But since Klayman and his co-plaintiffs argued their case, The New York Times obtained government-released documents through a Freedom of Information Act request that purport to show that Verizon Wireless records were collected under Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Leon will hear the case in Courtroom 18 on the sixth floor of the U.S. District Court in the D.C. Courthouse.