Court case
United States v. Backpage.com, LLC et al.
United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Docket CR-18-00465-PHX-DJH.
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Docket number
- CR-18-00465-PHX-DJH
- Linked takedowns
- 1
- People named
- 0
Case record
- Court
- United States District Court for the District of Arizona
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Docket number
- CR-18-00465-PHX-DJH
- Status
- Corporate entities pleaded guilty; related forfeiture/remission proceedings continued
- Status verified
- August 21, 2026
- Dataset id
- case_backpage_corporate
The status line was checked against the public record on August 21, 2026. Proceedings may have moved since.
What this case entry is.
This entry records a court docket the audit located and checked: the case name, the court, the docket number where one is published, and the status the cited sources establish. It is not a summary of proceedings and it does not stand in for the docket itself.
A case listed here does not establish that anyone named on this page is guilty. Charges are accusations only. Where a cited source records a conviction or a guilty plea, that outcome is attributed to the source and this index asserts nothing beyond it.
Sources for this entry were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 21, 2026.
Takedowns linked to this case
1 takedown record in this index is linked to this case.
- Backpage.com seizure . Trafficking and exploitation, April 2018
People named in this case
No person in this index is recorded as named in this case.
Sources
1 source support this entry. Each one is listed with the role it was relied on for.
- United States v. Backpage case information and docket updates , Primary source . United States Attorney's Office, District of Arizona . https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/us-v-michael-lacey