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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW MODIFIED STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO SET BRIEFING AND

HEARING SCHEDULE IN CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS V. BUSH, CASE NO. 07-cv-1115

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

RUPA BHATTACHARYYA

Senior Trial Counsel

ANDREW H. TANNENBAUM

ALEXANDER K. HAAS

Trial Attorneys

Email: tony.coppolino@usdoj.gov

U.S. Department of Justice

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch

20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Rm. 6102

Washington, D.C. 20001

Phone: (202) 514-4782

Fax: (202) 616-8460

Attorneys for the Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

IN RE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RECORDS

LITIGATION 

_______________________________________ This Document Relates Only To:

Center for Constitutional Rights v. Bush, (Case No. 07-cv-1115)

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No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW 

MODIFIED STIPULATION AND 

PROPOSED ORDER TO SET

BRIEFING AND HEARING 

SCHEDULE IN CENTER FOR

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS 

V. BUSH, CASE NO. 07-cv-1115

Courtroom: 6, 17th Floor

Judge: Hon. Vaughn R. Walker

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No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW MODIFIED STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO SET BRIEFING AND

HEARING SCHEDULE IN CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS V. BUSH, CASE NO. 07-cv-1115 1

RECITALS

A. Whereas on May 24, 2007, the parties in Center for Constitutional Rights v. Bush,

(Case No. 07-cv-1115) submitted a stipulation and proposed schedule for further briefing and a

hearing on the parties’ pending dispositive motions; see Docket No. 289 (MDL-1791) and

Docket No. 2 (07-cv-1115); and

B. Whereas, pursuant to that stipulation, Defendants filed a supplemental

memorandum in connection with the pending motions on June 8, 2007, see Docket Nos. 308-310

(MDL-1791) and Docket Nos. 3-8 (07-cv-1115); and

C. Whereas the Court has not yet entered the stipulation previously filed by the

parties in CCR, and the parties now desire to modify the remaining briefing schedule slightly so

that the date for Plaintiffs to file a supplemental memorandum would be extended by one week

(from June 29, 2007 to July 6, 2007), as would the date for Defendants to file a reply (from July

20, 2007 to July 27, 2007); and

D. Whereas this modified stipulation would not alter the hearing date of August 9,

2007 that the parties previously proposed for the pending dispositive motions.

The parties therefore submit the following modified stipulation and proposed briefing

schedule in this action:

1. Center for Constitutional Rights v. Bush, (Case No. 07-cv-1115), is one of the

actions pending in this multi-district litigation proceeding, transferred by order of the Judicial

Panel on Multi-district Litigation from the United States District Court for the Southern District

of New York. This case has been brought against officers of the United States Government in

their official capacities and challenges alleged intelligence activities of the National Security

Agency. See CCR Complaint (Docket for 07-cv-1115, No. 1, Part 2).

2. The transfer of the CCR case to this Court was docketed on or about February 23,

2007. See Docket No. 1 (07-cv-1115). Prior to its transfer from the Southern District of New

York, the parties in CCR had briefed respective dispositive motions. The Defendants in CCR

had filed a motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment, based on an assertion

of the state secrets privilege by the United States. See Dkt. No. 1 (07-cv-1115) at Parts 12-15. 

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 On February 20, 2007, the Court issued an order granting and denying in part a motion

by the United States to stay all MDL proceedings pending resolution of an appeal in Hepting v.

AT&T, Case No. 06-672. See Dkt. No. 172 (06-cv-1791). In that order, the Court directed the

defendants in pending MDL cases to answer or otherwise respond to the complaint in cases as to

which a stay was not agreed upon no later than March 29, 2007. Since the Defendants in the

CCR case had already responded to the Complaint in that case with the pending dispositive

motion, no schedule for further proceedings was set or required by the Court’s February 20

Order.

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 The parties conferred with the Court’s clerk and determined that the August 9 hearing

date was available. However, if that date becomes unavailable, the parties request an

opportunity to confer with each other and the Court before another date is set (in part because

counsel for the Government is unavailable the following week).

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The Plaintiffs in CCR had filed a motion for partial summary judgment. See id. at Parts 5-9. 

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held a hearing on these

pending motions on September 5, 2006, but did not decide the motions prior to the transfer of

this case to this Court. 

3. No schedule has previously been set in this MDL proceeding for consideration of

the pending dispositive motions in the CCR case and no prior Order of the Court required any

action in the CCR case.1 Thus, upon taking account of the schedule of proceedings in other

MDL cases, the parties in CCR have negotiated this stipulation for any further briefing and a

hearing on the motions pending in CCR. 

4. The Plaintiffs and Defendants in CCR have reached agreement on and seek the

Court’s approval of a schedule for the filing of any supplemental briefs in CCR and a hearing on

pending motions in that case. Under the proposed schedule: (i) Defendants in CCR filed a

supplemental brief setting forth additional points and authority concerning the status and

disposition of the CCR case on June 8, 2007; (ii) Plaintiffs in CCR would file a response to any

submission by the Defendants and their own supplemental points and authority by July 6, 2007;

and (iii) Defendants would file a reply brief by July 27, 2007. 

4. The parties also propose that the Court hear the pending motions in CCR on

August 9, 2007. The parties also request that the pending motions in CCR be heard separately

from pending motions in other cases in this MDL proceeding that are scheduled on other dates.2

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STIPULATION

The Plaintiffs and Defendants in the CCR action, through their undersigned counsel,

hereby stipulate to the following schedule and request that the Court make this stipulation an

order of the Court:

1. On June 8, 2007, Defendants in CCR filed a supplemental brief setting forth

additional points and authority concerning the status and disposition of the CCR

case (07-cv-1115).

2. On or before July 6, 2007, Plaintiffs in CCR will file a response to the

Government’s submission and their own supplemental points and authority in

support of their position on the pending motions. 

3. Defendants will file a reply brief by July 27, 2007. 

4. On August 9, 2007, at 2 p.m., oral argument will be held on the pending motions

in the CCR case (07-cv-1115). 

DATED: June 26, 2007 Respectfully Submitted,

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

RUPA BHATTACHARYYA

Senior Trial Counsel

ANDREW H. TANNENBAUM

ALEXANDER K. HAAS

Trial Attorneys

U.S. Department of Justice

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch

20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

Phone: (202) 514-4782 — Fax: (202) 616-8460

Email: tony.coppolino@usdoj.gov

By: /s Anthony J. Coppolino Anthony J. Coppolino

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

in their Official Capacities

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DECLARATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45, § X.B

I, ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO, 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 June 26, 2007, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia. 

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

RUPA BHATTACHARYYA

Senior Trial Counsel

ANDREW H. TANNENBAUM

ALEXANDER K. HAAS

Trial Attorneys

U.S. Department of Justice 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 

20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Rm. 7328

Washington, DC 20001

Telephone: (202) 514-4782 — Fax: (202) 616-8460

Email: tony.coppolino@usdoj.gov

By: s/ Anthony J. Coppolino Anthony J. Coppolino

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

in their Official Capacities

By: s/ Shayana Kadidal Shayana Kadidal

CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

666 Broadway, 7th Floor

New York, NY 10012-2317

(212) 614-6438

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation, and good cause appearing, it is hereby ORDERED

that:

1. On June 8, 2007, Defendants in CCR filed a supplemental brief setting forth any

additional points and authority concerning the status and disposition of the CCR

case (07-cv-1115).

2. On or before July 6, 2007, Plaintiffs in CCR will file a response to the

Government’s submission and their own supplemental points and authority in

support of their position on the pending motions. 

3. Defendants will file a reply brief by July 27, 2007. 

4. On August 9, 2007, at 2 p.m., oral argument will be held on the pending motions

in the CCR case (07-cv-1115). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ________, 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

AS MODIFIED

Judge Vaughn R Walker

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