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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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TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

ELIZABETH J. SHAPIRO

Deputy Branch Director

CARLOTTA P. WELLS

Senior Trial Counsel

United States Department of Justice

Civil Division

Federal Programs Branch

Post Office Box 883

Washington D.C. 20044

Tel: (202) 514-4522

Fax: (202) 616-8470

carlotta.wells@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

JOSHUA GERSTEIN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,

et al.,

Defendant.

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Case No. C 06-04643 MMC

SECOND STIPULATION TO EXTEND

DEFENDANTS’ BRIEFING DEADLINE

FOR FILING RENEWED MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT

THEREOF

The parties hereby stipulate to a second extension, for two weeks or until May 7, 2010, of

the deadline for defendants to file a renewed motion for summary judgment. The current

deadline, pursuant to Stipulation and Order dated March 26, 2010, is April 23, 2010. The bases

for this stipulation are as follows:

1. On February 23, 2010, the Court issued an Order granting in part and denying in part

defendants’ renewed motion for summary judgment regarding plaintiff’s request to the

Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) under the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA). Plaintiff’s FOIA request sought documents relating to leaks of classified

information. With respect to certain of OPR’s withholdings under FOIA exemptions 2, 5, 6, and

SECOND STIP. TO EXTEND DEFS.’ DEADLINE FOR RENEWED SJ

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AND ORDER

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7(C), the Court denied the government’s motion for summary judgment without prejudice,

allowing OPR until April 2, 2010 to file a renewed summary judgment motion.

2. On March 26, 2010, the parties stipulated to a three-week extension of time, in part due

to scheduling issues and in part to allow the parties an opportunity to determine whether it is

possible to narrow the scope of the information which remains at issue in this case. The Court

approved the Stipulation.

3. OPR has completed its initial review of the pertinent documents and has made a

preliminary decision to release some of the information previously withheld in response to

plaintiff’s FOIA request. OPR also has referred some documents to other components within the

U.S. Department of Justice to obtain their approval for the release of certain information.

4. OPR intends to make a new production to plaintiff of the documents responsive to

plaintiff’s FOIA request. This new production will reflect the determination to release additional

information than was produced to plaintiff in OPR’s initial responses to his request in September,

October, and December 2006. OPR has informed government counsel that the documents will be

released in the near future.

5. On April 13, 1010, government counsel and plaintiff discussed the fact that OPR’s

recent review of the documents responsive to his request would result in the release of additional

information. Plaintiff understood that the review was in progress and requested sufficient time

after the review was completed to analyze the documents before deciding the extent to which he

could agree to narrow the issues that remain pending before the Court. Plaintiff informed

government counsel that he would stipulate to an additional two week extension of time for the

filing of the government’s motion for renewed summary judgment.

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Accordingly, the parties stipulate to extend the defendants’ briefing deadline by two 

weeks, or until May 7, 2010.

Respectfully submitted,

JOSHUA GERSTEIN TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

/s/ /s/

Plaintiff Carlotta P. Wells

Senior Trial Counsel 

United States Department of Justice

Civil Division

Federal Programs Branch

Dated: April 22, 2010 Dated: April 22, 2010

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Upon consideration of the parties’ stipulation, the briefing deadline set by the March 26,

2010 Order is extended by two weeks, to reflect that defendants’ renewed motion for summary

judgment is due no later than May 7, 2010.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:_________________ ____________________________________

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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