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Berkeleyside reporter Emilie Raguso subpoenaed to testify in criminal trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Emilie Raguso (Berkeleyside)

Subpoena Type →: Other testimony
Subpoena Status →: Dropped

Prosecutors subpoenaed citizen journalist cellphone during investigation

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 17, 2017
Location: Laredo, Texas
Case number: 5:19-cv-00048
Targets: Priscilla Villarreal (Independent)
Case Status: Appealed
Type of case: Civil

Third Party Business →: Telecom company
Legal Order Type →: Subpoena

San Diego County subpoenas journalist Kelly Davis

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 9, 2017
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Kelly Davis

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Quashed

Journalist Jamie Kalven subpoenaed to testify in Laquan McDonald murder case

Incident Details

Updated On: February 7, 2018
Date of Incident: October 16, 2017
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Jamie Kalven

Subpoena Type →: Testimony about confidential source
Subpoena Status →: Quashed

Journal & Topics editor Todd Wessell subpoenaed to reveal source

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 2017
Location: Des Plaines, Illinois
Targets: Todd Wessell (Journal & Topics)

Subpoena Type →: Testimony about confidential source
Subpoena Status →: Carried out

South Dakota state prosecutor subpoenas journalist

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 8, 2017
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Targets: Dana Ferguson (Argus Leader Media)

Subpoena Type →: Other testimony
Subpoena Status →: Dropped

Puerto Rico Department of Justice executes search warrant against three student media outlets

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 5, 2017
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Targets: Centro de Comunicación Estudiantil, Pulso Estudiantil, UPR Dialogue

Third Party in Possession of Communications →: Facebook
Third Party Business →: Other
Legal Order Type →: Warrant

Reporter John Sepulvado subpoenaed to testify in Bundy occupation trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 16, 2017
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: John Sepulvado (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Subpoena Type →: Other testimony
Subpoena Status →: Quashed