The USG's En Banc Petition in United States v. Graham

Wells Bennett
Tuesday, September 22, 2015, 8:57 AM

Likely you've heard: The United States last week petitioned for the full Fourth Circuit to rehear United States v. Graham and Jordan. Earlier in the closely-watched case, a panel of the Fourth Circuit had concluded that provisions of the Stored Communications Act unconstitutionally authorized compelled production of cell site location data from communications companies.

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Likely you've heard: The United States last week petitioned for the full Fourth Circuit to rehear United States v. Graham and Jordan. Earlier in the closely-watched case, a panel of the Fourth Circuit had concluded that provisions of the Stored Communications Act unconstitutionally authorized compelled production of cell site location data from communications companies.


Wells C. Bennett was Managing Editor of Lawfare and a Fellow in National Security Law at the Brookings Institution. Before coming to Brookings, he was an Associate at Arnold & Porter LLP.

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