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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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Stipulation of Dismissal with Prejudice 

Case No. 12-CV-3728-SI 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ) No. 12-cv-03728-SI 

OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, ) 

 ) 

 Plaintiff, ) 

 ) 

 v. ) STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL 

 ) WITH PREJUDICE 

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, ) 

 ) 

 Defendant. ) 

In this action brought by Plaintiff American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California 

under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, the Court has issued an order 

after in camera review of the documents. During the course of this litigation, the Defendant 

Federal Bureau of Investigation has released certain documents, and in the end, the Court upheld 

the FBI's claim to withhold materials under Exemptions 1, 7(A) (except for a sentence in a 

footnote), 7(C), and 7(D). The Court denied the FBI's claim to withhold certain materials under 

Exemption 7(E). The FBI then filed an appeal to the Ninth Circuit, American Civil Liberties 

Union of Northern California v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, No. 15-16240 (9th Cir.). 

 The parties have executed a Settlement Agreement that resolves all of Plaintiff’s claims 

for disclosure of documents, as well as all of Plaintiff’s claims regarding attorney’s fees and 

costs in this litigation generally. Pursuant to that Settlement Agreement, the FBI has dismissed 

its appeal, has provided Plaintiff with the agreed documents, and has begun the process of paying 

Plaintiff’s claim for attorney's fees and costs in the amount set forth in the Settlement 

Agreement. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to the dismissal, with prejudice, of the 

following:

x All of Plaintiff’s claims against defendant Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

x Any and all claims that Plaintiff may have for attorney’s fees and costs in this litigation. 

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Stipulation of Dismissal with Prejudice 

Case No. 12-CV-3728-SI 

/s/ Linda Lye BENJAMIN C. MIZER 

LINDA LYE Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

American Civil Liberties Union Civil Division 

 Foundation of Northern California 

39 Drumm Street ELIZABETH J. SHAPIRO 

San Francisco, CA 94111 Deputy Branch Director 

Telephone: (415) 621-2493 

Facsimile: (415) 255-8437 

E-mail: llye@aclunc.org /s/ Brad P. Rosenberg 

 BRAD P. ROSENBERG (D.C. Bar No. 467513) 

Attorney for Plaintiff Trial Attorney 

 U.S. Department of Justice, 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 

P.O. Box 883 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

Telephone: (202) 514-3374 

Facsimile: (202) 616-8460 

E-mail: brad.rosenberg@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

IT IS SO ORDERED that Plaintiff’s claims for disclosure of documents, as well as any 

and all claims for attorney’s fees and costs in this litigation generally, shall be, and hereby are, 

DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. 

___________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON 

United States District Judge 

___________________________

Date

1/7/16

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Stipulation of Dismissal with Prejudice 

Case No. 12-CV-3728-SI 

ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3) 

I, Linda Lye, hereby attest, in accordance with Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), that the concurrence in the 

filing of this document has been obtained from the other signatory listed here. 

Dated: February 6, 2016 /s/ Linda Lye 

 Linda Lye 

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