Pocock v. Software in the Public Interest, Inc.

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Pocock v. Software in the Public Interest, Inc.

Plaintiff:	DANIEL POCOCK, Debian Developer, a joint author of Debian GNU/Linux
Defendant:	SOFTWARE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, INC., (SPI), DONALD NORWOOD, DEBIAN PROJECT, (unincorporated association), ARIADNE CONILL, ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, INC., (EEF), FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION EUROPE E.V., (FSFE is not the FSF), FOSDEM VZW, GNOME FOUNDATION, GANDI SAS, ALPHABET, INC., (Google), WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION, (WIPO), CANONICAL GROUP LTD., (Ubuntu), W. SCOTT BLACKMER, JOERG JASPERT, JONATHAN WILTSHIRE, ENRICO ZINI, CHRIS LAMB, SAM HARTMAN, JONATHAN CARTER, ANDREAS TILLE, JEAN-PIERRE GIRAUD, WOUTER VERHELST, KURT ROECKX, LUKE FARAONE, JACOB HOFFMAN-ANDREWS, PAUL TAGLIAMONTE and MOLLY DE BLANC
Case Number:	26-1766
Filed:	June 30, 2026
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Nature of Suit:	CIVIL RIGHTS-Other

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Date Filed	Document Text
June 30, 2026	Filing 9 DEFECTIVE DOCUMENT, Motion to proceed in forma pauperis, at docket entry 8, on behalf of Appellant Daniel Pocock, copy to pro se appellant, FILED. [Entered: 06/30/2026 03:55 PM]
June 30, 2026	Filing 8 MOTION, to proceed in forma pauperis, on behalf of Appellant Daniel Pocock, FILED. Service date 06/29/2026 by No Service. [Entered: 06/30/2026 03:49 PM]
June 30, 2026	Filing 7 NOTICE, to Software in the Public Interest, Inc., Debian Project, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc., Free Software Foundation Europe e.V., FOSDEM vzw, GNOME Foundation, Gandi SAS, Alphabet, Inc., World Intellectual Property Organization, Canonical Group Ltd., regarding a corporation proceeding Pro Se, and requesting a response 30 days from the date of this letter, SENT. [Entered: 06/30/2026 03:46 PM]
June 30, 2026	Filing 6 INSTRUCTIONAL FORMS, to Pro Se litigant, SENT. [Entered: 06/30/2026 03:41 PM]
June 30, 2026	Filing 5 CIVIL APPEAL, on behalf of Appellant Daniel Pocock, OPENED. [Entered: 06/30/2026 03:39 PM]
June 30, 2026	Filing 4 ELECTRONIC INDEX, in lieu of record, FILED. [Entered: 06/30/2026 03:36 PM]
June 30, 2026	Filing 3 DISTRICT COURT JUDGMENT, dated 05/28/2026, RECEIVED. [Entered: 06/30/2026 03:33 PM]
June 30, 2026	Filing 2 DISTRICT COURT SECOND ORDER OF DISMISSAL, dated 05/26/2026, RECEIVED. [Entered: 06/30/2026 03:31 PM]
June 30, 2026	Filing 1 NOTICE OF CIVIL APPEAL, with district court docket, on behalf of Appellant Daniel Pocock, FILED. [Entered: 06/30/2026 03:29 PM]

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Plaintiff: DANIEL POCOCK, Debian Developer, a joint author of Debian GNU/Linux
Represented By:	Daniel Pocock
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Defendant: SOFTWARE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, INC., (SPI)
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