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

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order re: DOT’s Production of Vaughn Index - Case No. C 06-02654 SC

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BILL LOCKYER

Attorney General of the State of California

ROBERT ANDERSON

Chief Deputy Attorney General

THOMAS GREENE

Chief Assistant Attorney General

THEODORA BERGER

Senior Assistant Attorney General

SANDRA GOLDBERG

Deputy Attorney General

State Bar No. 138632

LAURA J. ZUCKERMAN

Deputy Attorney General

State Bar No. 161896

 1515 Clay Street, 20th Floor

 Oakland, CA 94612

 Telephone: (510) 622-2174

 Fax: (510) 622-2270

laura.zuckerman@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for People of the State of California ex rel.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of

California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

ex rel. BILL LOCKYER, ATTORNEY

GENERAL OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA,

 Plaintiff,

v.

NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

ADMINISTRATION; DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION; and OFFICE OF

MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET,

 Defendants.

Case No.: C 06-02654 SC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER RE DOT’S PRODUCTION

OF VAUGHN INDEX

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WHEREAS Plaintiff People of the State of California ex rel. Bill Lockyer, Attorney

General of the State of California, plan shortly to file a motion to compel Defendants the

Department of Transportation (“DOT”) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

(“NHTSA”) to produce an index pursuant to Vaughn v. Rosen, 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973) (a

“Vaughn index”); 

WHEREAS in order to preserve judicial resources and in the spirit of compromise, Plaintiff

and Defendants DOT and NHTSA have reached agreement with respect to the production of a

Vaughn index;

NOW, THEREFORE, Plaintiff People of the State of California and Defendants DOT and

NHTSA, by and between their counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

1. Defendant DOT shall prepare and provide Plaintiff with a Vaughn index no later than

October 20, 2006, which index shall include any requested but withheld documents that are the

subject of this suit in the possession of DOT, including those in the possession of NHTSA, an

agency within DOT;

2. The index will be an itemized index of the documents withheld by DOT that are the 

subject of this suit, indicating in detail, with respect to each document or segregable portion

thereof, the nature of the information contained in it and the justification for withholding it; and

3. Plaintiff shall not file a motion to compel production by DOT or NHTSA of a Vaughn

index if DOT provides the index described above by October 20, 2006, but Plaintiff reserves its 

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right to challenge the adequacy of the index provided.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

PLAINTIFF PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA ex rel. BILL LOCKYER, ATTORNEY 

GENERAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA:

Dated: 8/25/06 /S/ LAURA J. ZUCKERMAN

Deputy Attorney General

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

Dated: 8/25/06 /S/ JULIE A. ARBUCKLE

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants DOT and NHTSA

Pursuant to the stipulation set forth above, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: __________________ ______________________________________

 HON. SAMUEL CONTI

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

August 29, 2006

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

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