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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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to Respond to Complaints 

MDL No. 06-1791-VRW 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

BRUCE A. ERICSON #76342 

DAVID L. ANDERSON #149604 

JACOB R. SORENSEN #209134 

MARC H. AXELBAUM #209855 

DANIEL J. RICHERT #232208 

50 Fremont Street 

Post Office Box 7880 

San Francisco, CA 94120-7880 

Telephone: (415) 983-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 983-1200 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

DAVID W. CARPENTER (admitted pro hac vice)

BRADFORD A. BERENSON (admitted pro hac vice) 

EDWARD R. MCNICHOLAS (admitted pro hac vice) 

DAVID LEE LAWSON (admitted pro hac vice) 

ERIC A. SHUMSKY #206124 

1501 K Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Telephone: (202) 736-8010 

Facsimile: (202) 736-8711 

Attorneys for the AT&T and Cingular Defendants 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re: 

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RECORDS 

LITIGATION 

MDL Dkt. No. 06-1791-VRW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND TIME FOR AT&T 

AND CINGULAR DEFENDANTS TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS 

This Document Relates To: 

United States v. Rabner, No. 07-1324; 

United States v. Palermino, No. 07-1326; and, 

United States v. Volz, No. 07-1396. 

[Civil L.R. 6-2, 7-1(5), 7-12] 

Courtroom: 6, 17th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Vaughn R. Walker 

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RECITALS 

A. On February 21, 2007, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation’s order 

transferring Clayton v. AT&T Communications of the Southwest, Inc., No. 07-1187; United 

States v. Gaw, No. 07-1242; United States v. Rabner, No. 07-1324; United States v. 

Palermino, No. 07-1326; United States v. Volz, No. 07-1396; and United States v. Adams, 

No. 07-1323 (the “Federal-State Cases”) was entered on this Court’s docket, at which point 

the transfer of those cases became effective. Dkt. 173. 

B. As of the date of this Stipulation, the AT&T and Cingular Defendants (as 

defined in footnote 3 of the Joint Case Management Statement, Dkt. 61-1) have not 

answered or moved to dismiss the complaints brought by the United States in three of the 

Federal-State Cases, i.e., United States v. Rabner, No. 07-1324; United States v. Palermino, 

No. 07-1326; and United States v. Volz, No. 07-1396. 

C. On March 26, 2007, the Court entered an Order in the six Federal-State 

cases. Dkt. 219. This Order did not specify whether telecommunications carriers now must 

answer the complaints filed by the United States against them in these cases. 

STIPULATION 

The United States and the AT&T and Cingular Defendants hereby stipulate that the 

AT&T and Cingular Defendants need not answer or otherwise respond to the complaints in 

United States v. Rabner, No. 07-1324; United States v. Palermino, No. 07-1326; and United 

States v. Volz, No. 07-1396 until sixty days after this Court issues an order resolving the 

dispositive motions set for hearing by the Order of March 26, 2007. 

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Dated: March 28, 2007. 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

BRUCE A. ERICSON 

DAVID L. ANDERSON 

JACOB R. SORENSEN 

MARC H. AXELBAUM 

DANIEL J. RICHERT 

50 Fremont Street 

Post Office Box 7880 

San Francisco, CA 94120-7880 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

DAVID W. CARPENTER 

DAVID L. LAWSON 

BRADFORD A. BERENSON 

EDWARD R. McNICHOLAS 

1501 K Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

By /s/ Marc H. Axelbaum 

Marc H. Axelbaum 

Attorneys for the AT&T and Cingular Defendants 

DECLARATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45, § X.B 

I, MARC H. AXELBAUM, hereby declare pursuant to General Order 45, § X.B, 

that I have obtained the concurrence in the filing of this document from each of the other 

signatories listed below. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing declaration is true and correct. 

Executed on March 28, 2007, at San Francisco, California. 

/s/ Marc H. Axelbaum 

 Marc H. Axelbaum 

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Dated: March 28, 2007. 

PETER D. KEISLER 

Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division 

CARL J. NICHOLS 

Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

DOUGLAS N. LETTER 

Terrorism Litigation Counsel 

JOSEPH H. HUNT 

Director, Federal Programs Branch 

ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO 

Special Litigation Counsel 

ANDREW H. TANNENBAUM 

Trial Attorney 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 

20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 

Room 6102 

Washington, DC 20001 

Telephone: (202) 514-4782 

Fax: (202) 616-8460 

Email: tony.coppolino@usdoj.gov 

By /s/ Anthony J. Coppolino per G.O. 45 

Anthony J. Coppolino 

Attorneys for United States of America 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Pursuant to the foregoing Stipulation, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that: 

The AT&T and Cingular Defendants need not answer or otherwise respond to the 

complaints in United States v. Rabner, No. 07-1324; United States v. Palermino, No. 07-

1326; and United States v. Volz, No. 07-1396 until sixty days after this Court issues an 

order resolving the dispositive motions set for hearing by the Order of March 26, 2007. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March __, 2007. 

 

 Hon. Vaughn R. Walker 

 United States District Chief Judge 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Vaughn R Walker

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