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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TWITTER, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ERIC H. HOLDER, ET AL.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-04480-YGR 

ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS

CURIAE BRIEFS

Re: Dkt. Nos. 37, 42, 46, 49, 52

The Court has considered the motions and requests of the following amici who seek to 

submit briefs in support of Plaintiff Twitter, Inc.’s opposition to the Partial Motion of Defendants 

Eric Holder, et al. to Dismiss: 

 Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (Dkt. No. 37);

 Corporations 1 & 2 (Dkt. No. 42);

 Automattic Inc.; CloudFlare, Inc.; CREDO Mobile, Inc.; A Medium Corporation; 

Sonic.net, Inc.; Wickr, Inc.; and the Wikimedia Foundation (Dkt. No. 46);

 BuzzFeed, Inc., First Look Media, Inc., Guardian News & Media (publisher of The 

Guardian), National Public Radio, Inc., PEN American Center, and WP Company LLC 

(d/b/a The Washington Post) (Dkt. No. 49); and 

 Freedom of the Press Foundation (Dkt. No. 52). 

Good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS the motions and requests for leave to file amicus 

curiae briefs. The briefs submitted with the motions and requests are DEEMED FILED as of 

February 17, 2015, and no additional filing is necessary. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 18, 2015

______________________________________

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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