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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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Case No. 3:10-cv-03759-RS 

SOMNATH RAJ CHATTERJEE (CA SBN 

177019)

SChatterjee@mofo.com 

ANGELA E. KLEINE (CA SBN 255643) 

AKleine@mofo.com

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: 415.268.7000 

Facsimile: 415.268.7200 

JULIA HARUMI MASS (CA SBN 189649) 

JMass@aclunc.org 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 

FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA, INC.

39 Drumm Street 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: 415.621.2493 

Facsimile: 415.255.8437 

NASRINA BARGZIE (CA SBN 238917) 

nasrinab@advancingjustice-alc.org 

ASIAN LAW CAUCUS 

55 Columbus Avenue 

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: 415.896.1701 

Facsimile: 415.896.1702 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

BENJAMIN C. MIZER

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney 

General

MARCIA BERMAN 

Assistant Branch Director 

LYNN Y. LEE (CA Bar 235531) 

Trial Attorney 

U.S. Department of Justice, 

Civil Division Federal Programs Branch 

P.O. Box 883

Washington, DC 20530 

(202) 305-0531 

(202) 616-8470 (fax) 

lynn.lee@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 

OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, ASIAN LAW 

CAUCUS, SAN FRANCISCO BAY 

GUARDIAN,

Plaintiff, 

v.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, 

Defendant.

Case No. 3:10-cv-03759-RS

STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

REGARDING PRODUCTION OF 

DOCUMENTS AND ENTRY OF 

JUDGMENT

Hon. Richard Seeborg 

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The parties to this action, through their attorneys of record listed below, hereby submit 

this Stipulation and Proposed Order, and accompanying Proposed Judgment, pursuant to Civil 

Local Rule 7-12 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58(d). 

WHEREAS, the parties filed cross motions for summary judgment regarding (1) the FBI’s 

application of FOIA exemptions 2, 5, and 7 to documents subject to Plaintiffs’ FOIA request, 

(2) Defendant’s Vaughn index regarding the application of those exemptions, and (3) the 

segregability of certain information withheld under those exemptions. (ECF Nos. 114, 119, 123, 

125, 138, 140);

WHEREAS, on March 23, 2015, the Court issued on order on a threshold Exemption 7 

issue, and subsequently further ordered that “[f]or the purpose of efficiency, the issues 

surrounding Exemptions 2 and 5 shall be decided prior to consideration of a process for 

disclosing any materials deemed improperly withheld or redacted.” (ECF Nos. 128, 135.) 

WHEREAS, on November 17, 2015, after further briefing regarding the materials 

withheld under Exemptions 2 and 5, the Court ordered the FBI to produce within thirty days the 

documents withheld under Exemptions 5 that Plaintiffs challenged, with the exception of certain 

redacted material (ECF No. 152). 

WHEREAS, the FBI is considering an appeal of the November 17, 2015 order, and wishes 

to include in its consideration the Court’s March 23, 2015 ruling on its assertion of Exemption 7, 

which it believes is not presently appealable; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that in order to preserve Court and party resources, any 

appeal of the Court’s orders on Exemptions 5 and 7 should be made at the same time, and that if 

the FBI files a notice of appeal its production of the impacted documents should be postponed 

pending any such appeal;

WHEREAS, the parties further agree that Plaintiffs’ motion to require the FBI to produce 

additional non-exempt information that is reasonably segregable from the information withheld 

under FOIA exemptions is now moot because Plaintiffs challenged such information withheld 

under Exemption 7, and the Court has granted Plaintiffs’ motion as to that material; 

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NOW THEREFORE, the parties have stipulated and agreed to a final order and entry of 

judgment in the form filed herewith, as follows: 

(1) Defendant is ordered to produce the following information that Plaintiffs challenged in 

their motion for summary judgment: (a) the information to which Exemption 7 is applied 

in the FBI’s sampled Vaughn index, pursuant to the Court’s March 23, 2015 Order 

(ECF No. 135); (b) the information to which Exemption 5 is applied in FBI’s sampled 

Vaughn index, pursuant to the Court’s November 17, 2015 Order (ECF No. 152); and 

(c) similarly situated information that was withheld under Exemptions 5 or 7 but not listed 

in the sampled Vaughn index;

(2) To the extent that specific information otherwise required to be produced under 

paragraph 1 is also withheld pursuant to a FOIA exemption other than 5 or 7, the FBI is 

not required to produce that information; 

(3) Defendant shall produce the material required under paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) within sixty 

(60) days of entry of judgment, unless Defendant files a notice of appeal of this order, in 

which case Defendant’s obligation to produce the material is stayed pending resolution of 

the appeal; 

(4) In the event Defendant does not seek an appeal, the parties will meet and confer no later 

than two weeks after the expiration of the time to file a notice of appeal to establish a 

production schedule for the material required under paragraph 1(c); 

(5) Defendant’s motion for summary judgment on information withheld under Exemption 2 is 

granted, as Plaintiffs do not challenge the application of the exemption to the applicable 

documents; 

(6) Plaintiffs’ motion to compel production of additional non-exempt information that is 

reasonably segregable from the information withheld a FOIA exemption is denied as 

moot, as Plaintiffs challenged segregability only as to information withheld under 

Exemption 7, and the Court has now ordered the production of the applicable information 

withheld under Exemption 7; and 

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(7) The Court shall retain jurisdiction over this matter to enforce, if necessary, its order, 

including to adjudicate any dispute related to the application of the Court’s orders to 

similarly-situated documents not included in the sampled Vaughn index or to issues of 

segregability that may arise following an appeal. 

Respectfully submitted this 7th day of December, 2015 

By: /s/ Lynn Y. Lee 

 Lynn Y. Lee 

BENJAMIN C. MIZER 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

MARCIA BERMAN 

Assistant Branch Director 

LYNN Y. LEE 

Trial Attorney 

U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division 

Federal Programs Branch 

P.O. Box 883 

Washington, DC 20530 

(202) 305-0531 

(202) 616-8470 (fax) 

lynn.lee@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

/s/ Angela E. Kleine

 Angela E. Kleine 

SOMNATH RAJ CHATTERJEE

SChatterjee@mofo.com 

ANGELA E. KLEINE 

AKleine@mofo.com

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: 415.268.7000 

Facsimile: 415.268.7200 

JULIA HARUMI MASS 

JMass@aclunc.org

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 

FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA, INC. 

39 Drumm Street 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: 415.621.2493 

Facsimile: 415.255.8437 

NASRINA BARGZIE 

nasrinab@advancingjustice-alc.org 

ASIAN LAW CAUCUS 

55 Columbus Avenue 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: 415.896.1701 

Facsimile: 415.896.1702 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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Case No. 3:10-cv-03759-RS 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _____________________

HON. RICHARD SEEBORG 

United States District Judge

12/8/15

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Case No. 3:10-cv-03759-RS 

ATTESTATION OF E-FILED SIGNATURE 

I, Angela Kleine, am the ECF User whose ID and Password are being used to file this 

Joint Case Management Conference Statement. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I 

hereby attest that Lynn Y. Lee, Julia Harumi Mass, Nasrina Bargzie, and S. Raj Chatterjee have 

concurred in this filing. 

Dated: December 7, 2015 By: /s/ Angela Kleine 

 

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