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Status, the next date, what is sealed or restricted, and what is still pending, each with the date it was last checked. Charged is not convicted. Filed is not proved. A date marked "not settled" is not a date.

1:26-cv-01007

Minnesota v. DOJ

Federal refusal to share evidence in the Good, Pretti and Sosa-Celis shootings

Government moved to dismiss or transfer to Minnesota on Sept 28, 2026.

Next

Minnesota's opposition and cross-motion due

Minute order of Sept 17, 2026; government reply due Oct 20, Minnesota's reply Oct 27.

Pending
Motion to dismiss or transfer (Docs. 23-24)

9 documents (PDF) →

as of 2026-09-29

No. 1:26-cv-04977-NYW

Elser v. Flock

Colorado lawsuit over a theft charge built on Flock history, with class claims against Flock.

Complaint filed Oct 5, 2026. Bow Mar has waived service; no defendant has responded.

Next · not settled

Bow Mar's answer due

Set by Bow Mar's waiver of service (Doc. 8). The other defendants' deadlines are not yet on the docket. A telephonic scheduling conference is set for Jan 6, 2027.

Pending
Responses from Flock, Columbine Valley, Milliman and Cottrell.

1 document (PDF) →

as of 2026-10-09

4th Cir. No. 26-1227

Schmidt v. Norfolk

Is Norfolk's 176-camera Flock network a Fourth Amendment search?

On appeal. The district court granted the City summary judgment on Jan 27, 2026.

Next · not settled

Oral argument, tentatively Dec 8-11, 2026

Tentatively calendared for Dec 8-11, 2026, with an unresolved scheduling conflict likely to push it to January or March 2027. Not a settled date.

Sealed or restricted
The opening of paragraph 41 of the Valentin Estevez report, which says whose plates the top-5% capture analysis covered, is redacted in the public refiling (Doc. 180-1).
Pending
Whether argument stays in December or moves to January or March 2027.
Whether the Supreme Court takes Porter v. United States (No. 26-5121), which Norfolk named as the similar pending case. Distributed for the Sept 28, 2026 conference.

18 documents (PDF) →

as of 2026-09-28

Case No. 2026-0455

Texas v. Klein (Lufkin)

A Lufkin police officer convicted on 100 felony counts of misusing Flock data.

Pleaded guilty to all 100 counts of misuse of official information (Tex. Penal Code § 39.06(e)) on Sept 30, 2026; convicted and committed directly to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 5 years on each count, with 42 days of jail credit. Case disposed.

No next date recorded

Sealed or restricted
The indictment image is restricted on the county's public portal ("Your user does not have permissions to view this document"); only the register of actions is public.
No probable-cause affidavit appears on the register of actions. KTRE (Sept 28, 2026) cites an arrest affidavit, which is not on this docket.
Pending
Whether the 11-people and seven-plates figures reconcile.
The scope behind the "more than 10,000" search figure, which KTRE attributes to the arrest affidavit.
Whether the 100 five-year sentences run concurrently; the register does not say.

4 documents (PDF) →

as of 2026-10-01

No. 3:26-cv-02375 (consolidated)

Javorsky v. Flock

California class action alleging Flock shared plate data with out-of-state and federal agencies.

Consolidated May 29, 2026 with Eldridge v. Flock and Dutcher v. Flock.

No next date recorded

Pending
No next date is recorded in this file.

as of 2026-09-24

No. 5:25-cr-00095-PCP

U.S. v. Riley Thomas

Whether a particular Flock search intruded on a defendant's privacy rights.

Evidentiary hearing ordered Sept 9, 2026 (Doc. 79). Government moved Sept 22 for leave to seek reconsideration.

Next · not settled

Evidentiary hearing, date not set in this file

The reconsideration request was unresolved as of Sept 23, 2026.

Pending
Ruling on the government's request for leave to seek reconsideration.

as of 2026-09-23

No. 26A308

DHS v. League of Women Voters

Stay application over the expanded SAVE voter-verification program.

Stay granted Sept 25, 2026, Justices Jackson, Sotomayor and Kagan dissenting. Judge Sooknanan's June 22 order is on hold through the D.C. Circuit appeal and any petition for certiorari.

Next · not settled

D.C. Circuit decision on the appeal (No. 26-5243)

No argument date was scheduled as of Oct. 2, 2026. The parties filed a proposed briefing schedule that day; the source reviewed does not show whether the court adopted it.

Pending
Consolidated D.C. Circuit appeals, Nos. 26-5243 and 26-5301.

13 documents (PDF) →

as of 2026-10-02

No. 2:25-cr-00380-VAP

U.S. v. Riley & Holly

Suppression motion over Culver City's Flock and Carson's Motorola ALPR systems.

Suppression denied Sept 10, 2026 (Doc. 181).

No next date recorded

Pending
No next date is recorded in this file.

1 document (PDF) →

as of 2026-09-24

Docket number not in file

Press-ban suit

Challenge to the White House ban on three outlets.

Filed Sept 21, 2026.

No next date recorded

Pending
Docket number and next date are not in this file yet.

as of 2026-09-24

11th Cir. No. 25-13913

Schemel v. Marco Island

Is Marco Island's three-bridge ALPR network a Fourth Amendment search?

On appeal. District court dismissed the Fourth Amendment claim with prejudice on Oct 17, 2025 (2025 WL 2958798, Doc. 90).

Next · not settled

No argument date set

Fully briefed as of early 2026. Last docket activity: Jul 17, 2026 (City's Chatrie 28(j) response). No argument date set as of Sept 28, 2026.

Pending
11th Circuit argument date and decision.
Whether the 11th Circuit applies Chatrie v. United States (SCOTUS June 29, 2026) to the three-bridge network.

as of 2026-09-28

Docket number not in file

LA protester-surveillance suit

Alleged face and plate scanning of observers and retaliatory Global Entry revocations.

Filed Jul 24, 2026.

No next date recorded

Pending
Docket number and next date are not in this file yet.

as of 2026-09-24

No. 5:23-cv-00706

Schott v. Bexar County

A fusion-center tip, a pretext stop and a truck search; county policy found to be the moving force.

Jury verdict for Schott Sept 28, 2026: county policy or custom drove the unconstitutional stop, extension and search; $76 awarded. Judgment not yet entered.

Next · not settled

Entry of judgment, post-trial motions and any appeal to the Fifth Circuit

No judgment on the docket as of Oct 1, 2026.

Pending
Entry of judgment and Schott's request for an order against further stops of this kind.

11 documents (PDF) →

as of 2026-10-01

No. 4:26-cr-00189-SEH

U.S. v. Kyle

Whether a month of warrantless plate-reader history is a Fourth Amendment search.

Motion to suppress granted Oct 1, 2026 (Doc. 62). The Oct 6 trial was stricken; Kyle was released on conditions Oct 5.

Next · not settled

Any government appeal to the Tenth Circuit

A government appeal of a suppression order is normally due within 30 days. No notice of appeal as of Oct 9, 2026.

Sealed or restricted
Doc. 48 (defense filing, Aug 3, 2026)
Doc. 56 (government motion, Aug 26, 2026)
Pending
Whether the government appeals the suppression order.

1 document (PDF) →

as of 2026-10-09