The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Carter Page’s case against former FBI officials who oversaw what the government now concedes was an ill-advised attempt to surveil his activities during the 2016 campaign.
The justices rejected the case without comment.
Mr. Page had said the FBI fabricated information to obtain four warrants obtained against him under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, then leaked information to the press.
His lawsuit targeted former FBI Director James Comey, former employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, and others.
A lower court had barred the case from moving forward, saying the statute of limitations had run on Mr. Carter’s appeal.
It would have taken four justices to hear the dispute for oral arguments to be granted for the court’s next term, which starts in October.
Mr. Page was an adviser to President Trump’s 2016 campaign and got caught up in the federal government’s investigation into now-discredited claims that Mr. Trump colluded with Russia to undermine the election.
Through the probe and the fallout from it, Mr. Comey lost his post as head of the FBI.
Mr. Strzok and Ms. Page were fired for inappropriate conduct and Kevin Clinesmith, another FBI official named in the case, pleaded guilty to falsifying an email to justify the FISA surveillance applications.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller III found no evidence of collusion between Mr. Trump and Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election.
