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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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28 700605368v5 Stipulation and [Proposed] Order 

Deferring Responses 

to Consolidated 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 Defendants 

and the 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 DEFERRING RESPONSES TO 

CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINTS 

This Document Relates To: 

All Consolidated Complaints 

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

Courtroom: 6, 17th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Vaughn R. Walker 

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700605368v5 - 2 - Stipulation and [Proposed] Order 

Deferring Responses 

to Consolidated Complaints 

MDL No. 06-1791-VRW

RECITALS 

A. On November 17, 2006, this Court held an MDL Case Management 

Conference where, inter alia, the Court ordered Plaintiffs to file master consolidated 

complaints against various defendant groups. The Court, however, did not order responses 

to the consolidated complaints. 

B. On January 16, 2007, Plaintiffs filed five consolidated complaints against 

several defendant groups. The first consolidated complaint (Dkt. 121) names as defendants 

AT&T Mobility LLC (formerly known as Cingular Wireless LLC); New Cingular Wireless 

Services, Inc.; and Cingular Wireless Corporation (collectively, “Cingular Defendants”). 

The second consolidated complaint (Dkt. 122) names as defendants TransWorld Network 

Corp. (“TransWorld”); Comcast Telecommunications, Inc. (“Comcast”); T-Mobile USA, 

Inc. (“T-Mobile”); and McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, Inc. (“McLeod”). The 

third consolidated complaint (Dkt. 123) names as defendants Sprint Nextel Corporation; 

Sprint Communications Co. Ltd. Partnership; Nextel Communications, Inc.; Embarq 

Corporation; UCOM, Inc.; U.S. Telecom, Inc.; and Utelcom, Inc. (collectively, “Sprint 

Defendants”). The fourth consolidated complaint (Dkt. 124) names as defendants MCI 

Communications Services, Inc.; MCI, LLC; and Verizon Communications Inc. (and several 

subsidiaries of Verizon Communications Inc.) (collectively, “Verizon Defendants”). The 

fifth consolidated complaint (Dkt. 125) names as defendants BellSouth Communications, 

LLC; BellSouth Corp.; BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. and AT&T Southeast 

(formerly known as BellSouth Corporation) (collectively, “BellSouth Defendants”). The 

Cingular Defendants, Comcast, Sprint Defendants, Verizon Defendants, and BellSouth 

Defendants are collectively referred to as the “Consolidated Defendants.”1

 

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 As stated in the Joint Case Management Statement in this MDL, “[p]ursuant to an 

agreement with the Plaintiffs in the Dubois case, Defendant Trans World Network Corp. 

has not responded to the complaint in Dubois, and counsel for Trans World has not entered 

an appearance in that case or in this proceeding.” MDL Dkt. 61, at 3 n.7. As such, Trans 

World is not a party to this Stipulation. It is the understanding of Consolidated Defendants 

that Plaintiffs will soon be filing a notice of dismissal of Defendant McLeod from the 

second Consolidated Complaint. 

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Deferring Responses 

to Consolidated Complaints 

MDL No. 06-1791-VRW

C. Plaintiffs and Consolidated Defendants seek to clarify when the 

Consolidated Defendants must file responses to the consolidated complaints, and wish to 

address the matter at the hearing currently scheduled for February 9, 2007. 

D. In furtherance of judicial economy, Plaintiffs and the Consolidated 

Defendants agree that the Consolidated Defendants need not file responses to any of the 

complaints before the Court clarifies when such responses will be due. 

STIPULATION 

Plaintiffs and the Consolidated Defendants hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. At the hearing on the United States’ motion for stay, currently scheduled for 

February 9, 2007, the parties will seek direction from the Court regarding when the 

Consolidated Defendants must respond to any of the complaints. 

2. The Consolidated Defendants need not respond to any of the complaints 

until the Court sets a date for such responses. 

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Deferring Responses 

to Consolidated Complaints 

MDL No. 06-1791-VRW

DECLARATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45, § X.B 

I, BRUCE A. ERICSON, 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 January 30, 2007, at San Francisco, California. 

/s/ Marc H. Axelbaum 

Dated: January 30, 2007. 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

BRUCE A. ERICSON 

DAVID L. ANDERSON 

JACOB R. SORENSEN 

MARC H. AXELBAUM 

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 Defendants and the Cingular 

Defendants 

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Deferring Responses 

to Consolidated Complaints 

MDL No. 06-1791-VRW

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION 

CINDY COHN (145997) 

LEE TIEN (148216) 

KURT OPSAHL (191303) 

KEVIN S. BANKSTON (217026) 

CORYNNE MCSHERRY (221504) 

JAMES S. TYRE (083117) 

454 Shotwell Street 

San Francisco, CA 94110 

Telephone: (415) 436-9333 

Fax: (415) 436-9993 

By /s/ Cindy Cohn 

Cindy Cohn 

Attorneys for AT&T Class Plaintiffs and Co-Chair of 

Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee 

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND 

DORR LLP 

JOHN A. ROGOVIN 

RANDOLPH D. MOSS 

SAMIR C. JAIN 

BRIAN M. BOYNTON 

BENJAMIN C. MIZER 

1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 663-6000 

Fax: (202) 663-6363 

By /s/ John Rogovin 

John Rogovin 

Attorneys for the Verizon Defendants 

FARELLA BRAUN & MARTEL 

DOUGLAS R. YOUNG 

Russ Building, 30th Floor 

235 Montgomery Street 

San Francisco, CA 94109 

Telephone: (415) 954-4438 

 

ALSTON & BIRD LLP 

MICHAEL P. KENNY 

WILLIAM H. JORDAN 

1201 W. Peachtree Street 

Atlanta, Georgia 30309 

Telephone: (404) 881-7000 

By /s/ William H. Jordan William H. Jordan 

Attorneys for the BellSouth Defendants 

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Deferring Responses 

to Consolidated Complaints 

MDL No. 06-1791-VRW

WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP 

BRENDAN V. SULLIVAN, JR. 

JOHN G. KESTER 

GILBERT O. GREENMAN 

725 Twelfth Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20005 

Telephone: 202-434-5000 

Email: jkester@wc.com; ggreenman@wc.com 

By /s/ John G. Kester 

John G. Kester 

Attorneys for the Sprint Defendants 

WOLF, BLOCK SCHORR and SOLIS-COHEN LLP 

M. NORMAN GOLDBERGER 

CHRISTOPHER L. SORIANO 

1650 Arch Street, 22nd Floor 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Telephone: 215-977-2000 

Email: mgoldberger@wolfblock.com; 

csoriano@wolfblock.com

HOOVER HULL LLP 

ANDREW W. HULL 

ALICE M. MORICAL 

JASON L. FULK 

111 Monument Circle, Suite 4400 

Indianapolis, IN 46244 

Telephone: (317) 822-0294 

Email: awhull@hooverhull.com; 

amorical@hooverhull.com; jfulk@hooverhull.com 

By /s/ Christopher L. Soriano 

Christopher L. Soriano 

Attorneys for Comcast 

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Deferring Responses 

to Consolidated Complaints 

MDL No. 06-1791-VRW

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing Stipulation, and good cause appearing, the Court orders 

the following: 

1. At the hearing on the United States’ motion for stay, currently scheduled for 

February 9, 2007, the Court will address when Defendants must respond to the complaints 

filed against them. 

2. No Defendants need respond to any complaints until the Court sets a date 

such a response. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January __, 2007. 

 

 Hon. Vaughn R. Walker 

 United States District Chief Judge 

February 1, 2007

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Vaughn R Walker

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