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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 47:227 Telephone Consumer Protection Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NOAH DUGUID,

Plaintiff,

v.

FACEBOOK, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-00985-JST 

ORDER OF CERTIFICATION 

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2403(A); 

INSTRUCTIONS TO CLERK; ORDER 

CONTINUING MOTION HEARING

Re: ECF No. 24-2

TO THE HONORABLE LORETTA LYNCH, Attorney General of the United States:

On May 18, 2015, Defendant Facebook Inc. filed a notice stating that “its Motion to 

Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint raises the question of whether the First Amendment prohibits the 

application of the restrictions in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227, to the 

alleged login notifications in the case at hand.” ECF No. 24-2. Defendant served the notice via 

certified mail on the Attorney General of the United States concurrently with the filing of the 

notice. Id. 

Although the Court may ultimately resolve Facebook’s motion to dismiss without reaching 

the constitutional question presented, certification pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2403(a) is “a duty of 

the court that should not be ignored, even if the claim is obviously frivolous or may be disposed of 

on other grounds.” Merrill v. Town of Addison, 763 F.2d 80, 82 (2d Cir. 1985); Fed. R. Civ. P. 

5.1(b). The Court therefore certifies that this case draws into question the constitutionality of 47 

U.S.C. § 227. The Clerk shall serve a copy of this order on the Office of the Attorney General of 

the United States by certified United States mail. The Clerk shall also provide a copy of this order 

to the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California. If the United States chooses 

to intervene in this action, it must do so no later than October 27, 2015.

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The hearing on Defendant’s motion to dismiss, which is currently set for September 3, 

2015, is continued to November 19, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 28, 2015

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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