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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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JOINT STATUS REPORT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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MELINDA HAAG (CABN 132612) 

United States Attorney 

ALEX G. TSE (CABN 152348) 

Chief, Civil Division 

MICHELLE LO (NY Bar No. 4325163) 

Assistant United States Attorney 

 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 

 San Francisco, CA 94102 

 Telephone: (415) 436-7180 

 Facsimile: (415) 436-6748 

 Email: Michelle.Lo@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for the Central Intelligence Agency 

ANTHONY P.X. BOTHWELL (CABN 200740) 

 950 Lincoln Blvd., #29547 

 San Francisco, CA 94129-0547 

 Telephone: (415) 370-9571 

 Email: apxb007@msn.com 

Plaintiff, Pro Se 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

ANTHONY P.X. BOTHWELL, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. C 13-05439 JSC 

JOINT STATUS REPORT AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Plaintiff, Anthony P.X. Bothwell, and Defendant, the Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA” or 

“Agency”), respectfully submit this joint status update as to how the case should proceed in light of the 

Court’s Order of June 4, 2015, which granted in part and denied in part the CIA’s renewed motion for 

summary judgment (ECF No. 46). The parties report as follows: 

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1. In this case arising under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, as 

amended, Plaintiff challenges the CIA’s responses to two FOIA requests that he submitted in 2009 

seeking certain records pertaining to five individuals allegedly connected to the assassinations of 

President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. Compl. ¶¶ 3-4.

2. On October 9, 2014, the Court issued an order granting in part and deferring in part the 

CIA’s motion for summary judgment. The Court found that the CIA properly issued a Glomar response 

in response to Plaintiff’s request for records concerning “Jean Souetre, a.k.a. Michel Roux, a.k.a Michel 

Mertz” under FOIA Exemption 3, and granted summary judgment in favor on the CIA on this issue. 

Bothwell v. CIA, No. 13-cv-05439-JSC, 2014 WL 5077186, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 9, 2014). The Court 

otherwise deferred judgment on whether the CIA’s search for responsive documents was adequate.

3. Following the parties’ submission of supplemental briefing and evidence on the CIA’s 

renewed motion for summary judgment, the Court issued an Order on June 4, 2015, granting in part and 

denying in part the CIA’s renewed motion. ECF No. 46. The Court found that the CIA’s search was 

adequate, except for its search for documents generated in July 1976 regarding Johnny Roselli. See id.

at 16. The Court concluded that the Roselli documents fell within 50 U.S.C. § 3141(c), which required 

the CIA to search operational files. See id.

4. The parties have conferred as to how this case should proceed in light of the Court’s 

Order of June 4, 2015. The parties agree that the CIA will, by July 27, 2015, complete a search of 

operational files that is reasonably calculated to uncover records responsive to Plaintiff’s request for 

“[a]ll records within the possession, custody, or control of the CIA, generated in July 1976 that relate to 

Johnny ROSELLI, a.k.a. John ROSELLI, a.k.a. Filippo SACCO.” By July 27, 2015, the CIA will file a 

declaration describing its search. Should any responsive records be located, the CIA will produce to 

Plaintiff all non-exempt responsive records and address through its declaration or a Vaughn index the 

basis for withholding in whole or in part any responsive records subject to a FOIA exemption.

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5. By August 17, 2015, the parties will file a further joint status update advising the Court as 

to whether any further proceedings remain necessary in this case. 

DATED: June 29, 2015 Respectfully submitted, 

MELINDA HAAG 

United States Attorney 

 /s/ Michelle Lo

MICHELLE LO

Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for the Central Intelligence 

Agency

DATED: June 29, 2015 PLAINTIFF ANTHONY P.X. BOTHWELL 

 /s/ Anthony P.X. Bothwell

ANTHONY P.X. BOTHWELL 

Pro Se

*I, Michelle Lo, attest that I have obtained concurrence in the filing of this document from Plaintiff 

Anthony P.X. Bothwell. 

 /s/ Michelle Lo 

Michelle Lo 

Pursuant to the parties’ joint status report, the parties’ proposed schedule is approved. Defendant

shall file by July 27, 2015, a declaration describing its search of operational files reasonably calculated 

to uncover records responsive to Plaintiff’s request for July 1976 records pertaining to Roselli, and 

produce to Plaintiff any non-exempt responsive records and/or address through its declaration or a 

Vaughn index the basis for withholding in whole or in part any responsive records subject to a FOIA 

exemption. By August 17, 2015, the parties are to file a further joint status update advising the Court as 

to whether any further proceedings remain necessary in this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

Hon. Jacqueline Scott Corley 

United States Magistrate Judge

June 30, 2015

Hon. Jacqueline Scott Corley 

U it d St t M it t Jd

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