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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CAROLYN JEWEL, ET AL., 

Plaintiffs,

 v.

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, ET AL., 

Defendants. 

VIRGINIA SHUBERT, ET AL., 

Plaintiffs,

 v.

BARACK OBAMA, ET AL., 

Defendants.

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No. C 08-04373 JSW

No. C 07-00693 JSW

ORDER GRANTING MOTION

FOR ENTRY OF FINAL

JUDGMENT ON FOURTH

AMENDMENT CLAIM

Pursuant to Federal Rule Civil Procedure 54(b) and to its Order dated February 10, 2014

granting the motion for summary judgment filed by defendants National Security Agency,

United States Department of Justice, Barack H. Obama, Michael S. Rogers, Eric H. Holder, Jr.,

and James R. Clapper, Jr. (in their official capacities) (collectively, “Government Defendants”),

the Court HEREBY ENTERS judgment in favor of each of these Government Defendants and

against Plaintiffs Carolyn Jewel, Erik Knutzen, and Joice Walton on their claim that the copying

and searching of their Internet communications is conducted without a warrant or any

individualized suspicion and, accordingly, violates the Fourth Amendment. 

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The Court finds that its adjudication of this claim is a final determination and that no

just reason exists for delay in entering final judgment on this claim. Accordingly, the Clerk is

HEREBY ORDERED to enter partial judgment dismissing the claim that Government

Defendants are violating the Fourth Amendment rights of Plaintiffs by copying and searching

the contents of Plaintiffs’ Internet communications.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 20, 2015 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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