Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fikre (601 U.S. 234)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 19, 2024 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 601 U.S. 234 · 144 S. Ct. 771
- Decided
- March 19, 2024
- Term
- October Term 2023
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Gorsuch
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 601 U. S. Part 1 Pages 234–245 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT March 19, 2024 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION et al. v. FIKRE certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 22–1178. Argued January 8, 2024—Decided March 19, 2024 Respondent Yonas Fikre, a U. S. citizen and Sudanese emigree, brought suit alleging that the government placed him on the No Fly List unlaw- fully. In his complaint, Mr. Fikre alleged that he traveled from his home in Portland, Oregon, to Sudan in 2009 to pursue business opportu- nities there. At a visit to the U. S. embassy, two FBI agents informed Mr. Fikre that he could not return to the United States because the government had placed him on the No Fly List. The agents questioned him extensively about the Portland mosque he attended, and they of- fered to take steps to remove him from the No Fly List if he agreed to become an FBI informant and to report on other members of his reli- gious community. Mr. Fikre refused. He then…
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