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Valdez et al v. National Security Agency et al

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Case Number:

2:15-cv-00584

Court:

Utah

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Robert J. Shelby

Government Agencies

  1. September 28, 2018

    Olympics Attendees Abandon Spying Suit With Sharp Rebuke

    A group of 2002 Winter Olympics attendees have dropped their suit alleging the National Security Agency illegally spied on them at the event, saying further litigation would be fruitless because of U.S. courts' "unseemly deference" to an "increasingly imperial" executive branch.

  2. September 17, 2018

    NSA Must Give Up Info In Olympics Spy Suit, Attendees Say

    A group of 2002 Winter Olympics attendees who claim they were spied on by the U.S. National Security Agency asked a Utah federal court to compel the agency to respond to their discovery requests, saying the NSA is hiding behind invalid state secret objections.

  3. March 14, 2017

    Bush, Cheney, Others Want Out Of Olympics Spying Suit

    Former president George W. Bush, vice president Richard B. Cheney and other officials asked a Utah federal judge Monday to release them from a suit alleging that the National Security Agency spied on attendees of the 2002 Winter Olympics, contending that they're immune from the allegations.

  4. March 06, 2017

    NSA Says Court Lacks Jurisdiction In Olympics Spying Suit

    The National Security Agency is again looking to escape a proposed class action brought by a former mayor of Salt Lake City and six residents alleging the agency spied on attendees of the 2002 Winter Olympics, arguing Friday that the allegations the suit are based on are demonstrably false.

  5. January 10, 2017

    NSA Can't Skate Winter Olympics Spying Suit

    The National Security Agency can't escape a proposed class action brought by the former mayor of Salt Lake City and six residents alleging the NSA spied on attendees of the 2002 Winter Olympics, after a Utah federal judge Tuesday said the class' claims are believable.

  6. February 18, 2016

    Citizens Slam NSA's Move To Toss Olympics Spying Suit

    A proposed class of citizens represented by the former mayor of Salt Lake City who claim the National Security Agency and others spied on everyone in town for the 2002 Winter Olympics told a Utah federal judge Friday they've sufficiently pled their privacy claims to have standing.

  7. December 21, 2015

    NSA, FBI Say '02 Utah Olympics Spy Suit Lacks Evidence

    The FBI and the National Security Agency asked a Utah federal judge Friday to let them out of a proposed class action alleging blanket surveillance of Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics the agencies contend presents neither active controversy nor sufficient pleading of harm.

  8. August 19, 2015

    Bush, NSA Spied On Citizens During '02 Olympics, Suit Says

    The former mayor of Salt Lake City is representing a putative class that claimed Tuesday that former President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, the FBI and the NSA illegally spied on U.S. citizens during the 2002 Winter Olympics in the city.