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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.,

Defendants.

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Case No. C 06-04643 MMC

THIRD STIPULATION TO EXTEND

DEFENDANTS’ BRIEFING DEADLINE

FOR FILING RENEWED MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT

THEREOF

The parties hereby stipulate to a third extension, for two weeks or until May 21, 2010, of

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

deadline, pursuant to Stipulation and Order dated April 22, 2010, is May 7, 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

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

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AND ORDER

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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

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

allowing OPR the opportunity 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. The parties further stipulated to an additional two-week extension of

time on April 22, 2010, which the Court also approved.

3. As indicated in the April 22 Second Stipulation, OPR provided plaintiff with

documents responsive to his FOIA request on April 30, 2010. Included among these documents

was information that previously had been withheld in response to plaintiff’s FOIA requests.

4. On May 3, 4, and 7, 2010, government counsel and plaintiff corresponded through

email regarding the released OPR documents. Plaintiff raised several questions, to which

government counsel responded. Plaintiff has indicated that the April 30 release appears to resolve

at least some of the issues still pending before the Court, but both parties require additional time

to precisely define the extent to which they continue to disagree about whether OPR has fully

complied with its FOIA obligations.

5. In order to allow the parties ample opportunity to resolve their differences, plaintiff and

the government 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 21, 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: May 7, 2010 Dated: May 7, 2010

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Upon consideration of the parties’ stipulation, the briefing deadline set by the April 22,

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

judgment is due no later than May 21, 2010.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:_________________ ____________________________________

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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