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Nature of Suit Code: 895
Nature of Suit: Freedom of Information Act of 1974
Cause of Action: 05:552 Freedom of Information Act

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TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

ELIZABETH J. SHAPIRO

Deputy Branch Director

CARLOTTA P. WELLS

Senior Trial Counsel

United States Department of Justice

Civil Division

Federal Programs Branch

Post Office Box 883

Washington D.C. 20044

Tel: (202) 514-4522

Fax: (202) 616-8470

carlotta.wells@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

JOSHUA GERSTEIN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,

et al.,

Defendant.

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Case No. C 06-04643 MMC

STIPULATION TO EXTEND

DEFENDANTS’ BRIEFING DEADLINE

FOR FILING RENEWED MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT

THEREOF

The parties hereby stipulate to a three-week extension, until April 23, 2010, of the April 2,

2010 deadline for defendants’ renewed motion for summary judgment, which was set pursuant to

the Court’s February 23, 2010 Order. The bases for this stipulation are as follows:

1. On February 23, 2010, the Court issued an Order granting in part and denying in part

defendants’ renewed motion for summary judgment regarding plaintiff’s request to the

Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) under the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA). Plaintiff’s FOIA request sought documents relating to leaks of classified

STIP. TO EXTEND DEFS.’ DEADLINE FOR RENEWED SJ

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AND ORDER

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information. With respect to certain of OPR’s withholdings under FOIA exemptions 2, 5, 6, and

7(C), the Court denied the government’s motion for summary judgment without prejudice,

allowing OPR until April 2, 2010 to file a renewed summary judgment motion.

2. On March 24, 2010, OPR advised defendants’ counsel that more time was needed for

that component to review the documents at issue, determine the extent to which OPR could

produce at least some of the information that has been withheld in response to plaintiff’s request,

and prepare a revised Vaughn declaration. OPR further informed counsel that the Vaughn

declarant would be out of the office part of the next week and that the OPR attorney will be on

leave the week of March 29, 2010.

3. Undersigned counsel also will be on leave the week of March 29. In addition, once

OPR has completed its review of the documents, government counsel intends to discuss with

plaintiff the extent to which the parties can narrow the scope of the information at issue.

4. For these reasons, defendants seek a three-week extension of time, or until April 23,

2010, to file a renewed motion for summary judgment.

5. Plaintiff stipulates to the request for a three-week extension of time for defendants to

file their papers.

Accordingly, the parties stipulate to extend the defendants’ briefing deadline by three

weeks, or until April 23, 2010.

Respectfully submitted,

JOSHUA GERSTEIN TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

/s/ /s/

Plaintiff Carlotta P. Wells

Senior Trial Counsel 

United States Department of Justice

Civil Division

Federal Programs Branch

Dated: March 26, 2010 Dated: March 26, 2010

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Upon consideration of the parties’ stipulation, the briefing deadline set by the February 23,

2010 Order is extended by three weeks, to reflect that defendants’ renewed motion for summary

judgment is due no later than April 23, 2010.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:_________________ ____________________________________

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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