Case Name: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James R. CLAPPER, Jr. et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-09-21
Citations: 667 F.3d 163
Docket Number: No. 09-4112-cv
Parties: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James R. CLAPPER, Jr. et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge, concurs by opinion in the denial of rehearing in banc.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 667
Pages: 163–204

Head Matter:
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James R. CLAPPER, Jr. et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 09-4112-cv.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Sept. 21, 2011.
Jameel Jaffer, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, N.Y. (Melissa Goodman and Laurence M. Schwartztol, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Christopher T. Dunn and Arthur N. Eisenburg, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Charles S. Sims, Theodore K. Cheng, Matthew J. Morris, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY), for Appellants.
Douglas N. Letter and Daniel J. Lenerz, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, Sarah S. Normand and Serrín Turner, Assistant United States Attorneys for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY), for Appellees.
GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge, concurs by opinion in the denial of rehearing in banc.
REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge, joined by DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge, JOSÉ A. CABRANES, RICHARD C. WESLEY, and DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges, dissents by opinion from the denial of rehearing in banc.
DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judge, joined by DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge, JOSÉ A. CABRANES, REENA RAGGI, and RICHARD C. WESLEY, Circuit Judges, dissents by opinion from the denial of rehearing in banc.
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge, dissents by opinion from the denial of rehearing in banc.
PETER W. HALL, Circuit Judge, dissents by opinion from the denial of rehearing in banc.

Opinion:
ORDER
Following disposition of this appeal on March 21, 2011, Defendants-Appellees James R. Clapper, Jr. et al. filed a petition for rehearing in banc. A poll of the active members of the Court having been conducted, and there being no majority favoring in banc review, rehearing in banc is hereby DENIED.