Certiorari Granted

No. 24-856

Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. v. Doe I, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

See other cases from the Ninth Circuit.

Docket Entries

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Reply of petitioners Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Brief amici curiae of Human Rights First, et al. filed. (Resubmitted - April 1, 2026) (Distributed)

Amici brief of Human Rights First, et al. not accepted for filing. (To be resubmitted - April 1, 2026)

Brief amici curiae of Former U.N. Special Rapporteurs on Torture filed. (Resubmitted - April 1, 2026) (Distributed)

Amicus brief of Former U.N. Special Rapporteurs on Torture not accepted for filing. (To be resubmitted April 01, 2026)

Brief amici curiae of Estate of Tamar Kedem Siman Tov, et al. filed. (Resubmitted - April 1, 2026) (Distributed)

Amicus brief of Estate of Tamar Kedem Siman Tov, Et Al not accepted for filing. (To be resubmitted - April 1, 2026)

Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Persecuted Christian Minorities, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Uyghur Human Rights Project, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Justice and Accountability filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Former U.S. Ambassadors-At-Large for War Crimes Issues/Global Criminal Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of The Guernica37 Centre for International Justice filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of International Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of International Human Rights Organizations filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Oxfam America, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professor William R. Casto, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Representative Christopher H. Smith, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Center For A Free Cuba, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Federal Jurisdiction, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Reverend Bob Fu, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief of respondents Doe I, et al. filed.

Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.

Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of CACI Premier Technology, Inc. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioners Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.

Petition GRANTED limited to Questions 1 and 3 presented by the petition.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.

Supplemental brief of respondents Doe I, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.

Reply of petitioners Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Doe I, et al. in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Congressman Chris Smith filed.

Response Requested. (Due April 21, 2025)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/4/2025.

Brief amici curiae of Chevron Corporation, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Law Professor Samuel Estreicher, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.

Waiver of right of respondent Doe I, et al. to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 13, 2025)

Application (24A450) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until January 31, 2025.

Application (24A450) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 2, 2024 to January 31, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Parties

Cisco Systems, Inc., et al., Petitioner, represented by Christopher George Michel

Doe I, et al., Respondent, represented by Paul Lindsey Hoffman

Amici Curiae

American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce, Amicus Curiae, represented by R. Trent McCotter

CACI Premier Technology, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by John Frederick O'Connor

Center For A Free Cuba, Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, The Institute For The American Future, Mercury One, The Vulnerable People Project and Jaco Booyens Ministries, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kendall Coffey

Center for Justice and Accountability, Amicus Curiae, represented by Susan Hannah Farbstein

Chevron Corporation, Dole Food Co., Inc., International Business Machines Corp., Merck & Co. Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jack L. Goldsmith

Congressman Chris Smith, Amicus Curiae, represented by Laura Kathleen Roberts

Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sophia Sabrina Cope

Estate of Tamar Kedem Siman Tov, Et Al, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Wood Brewer

Former U.N. Special Rapporteurs on Torture, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brian Olney

Former U.S. Ambassadors-At-Large for War Crimes Issues/Global Criminal Justice and Prosecutors of International Crimes, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christina Georgia Hioureas

Human Rights First, Michael H. Posner, and the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott Allen Gilmore

International Human Rights Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Katherine M. Gallagher

International Law Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert K. Kry

Law Professors Samuel Estreicher and Michael D. Ramsey, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel Martin Sullivan

Oxfam America and Professors of Economics and Political Science Joseph Stiglitz, Simon Johnson, Geoffrey Heal, Gabriel Zucman, Marc Goergen, Adam Dean, and Mircea Raianu, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael David Hausfeld

Persecuted Christian Minorities and Supporting Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Bain Becker

Professors of Legal History, Amicus Curiae, represented by Emily Adelaide Ray

Representative Christopher H. Smith, Joe Wilson, Gus M. Bilirakis, and Stephen F. Lynch, Amicus Curiae, represented by Agnieszka M. Fryszman

Reverend Bob Fu and Other Individuals and Organizations Defending Religious Freedom, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Inman Pearce

Scholars of Federal Jurisdiction, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by James Kellogg Green

The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Business Roundtable, The National Association of Manufacturers, and TechNet, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ilana Hope Eisenstein

The Guernica37 Centre for International Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christina Georgia Hioureas

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer

Uyghur Human Rights Project, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul A. Cunningham

Washington Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Cory L. Andrews

 
Last updated: April 18, 2026