REPORTERS COMM. FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS v. USCBP

Case No. 1:18-cv-00155 (TNM).

567 F.Supp.3d 97 (2021)

The REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed October 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KatieLynn Boyd Townsend, Adam Alexander Marshall, Jennifer Anne Nelson, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Kathleene A. Molen, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for Defendants United States Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

This case arises at the thorny intersection of government and social media. In 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") directed Twitter to divulge details about a user who criticized CBP's policies. The agency relied on 19 U.S.C. § 1509, a provision that...

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