D.C. Circuit Won’t Consolidate Government Surveillance Suit With Earlier Appeals

Mealey's (July 20, 2018, 1:29 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a July 17 per curiam order, a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel denied the U.S. government’s motion to consolidate an appeal over purported unconstitutional government surveillance of U.S. citizens with two pending, consolidated appeals involving the same appellant related to the National Security Agency’s (NSA’s) bulk metadata collection program (Larry Klayman v. James Comey, et al., No. 18-5097, D.C. Cir.)....