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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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DEF’S STIP. REQ. FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME TO PRODUCE VAUGHN

 

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GREGORY G. KATSAS 

Assistant Attorney General 

JOHN R. TYLER 

ISAAC R. CAMPBELL 

United States Department of Justice 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 

20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 6130 

Washington, D.C. 20530 

Tel: (202) 616-8476 

Fax: (202) 616-8460 

isaac.campbell@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant Environmental Protection Agency 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex 

rel. EDMUND G. BROWN JR., ATTORNEY 

GENERAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ) 

 Plaintiff, 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, 

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CV 08-020735 SC 

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR 

ORDER CHANGING TIME TO 

PRODUCE VAUGHN INDEX 

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Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2, defendant U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or 

“Agency”), through undersigned counsel, hereby requests an extension of 2 business days, from 

September 5, 2008, to September 9, 2008, to file Defendant’s Vaughn Index. Defendant’s request is 

made for good cause as set forth below: 

Defendant EPA represents as follows: 

1. The Information Law Practice Group (“ILPG”) of the EPA is responsible for managing the 

Agency’s Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) litigation and for providing legal counseling to 

Agency clients on a wide variety of information law issues. The ILPG is comprised of an Agency 

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Assistant General Counsel, seven staff attorneys, and two para-professionals (a paralegal and a FOIA 

specialist). 

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2. Since this Court’s August 1, 2008 order, the Agency has had a team of attorneys working on 

the Vaughn index and related production. This team has included ILPG staff attorneys (who were 

diverted from other assignments), additional attorneys from within the OGC, and paralegal and 

support staff. 

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3. As set forth in the declaration by Robert A. Friedrich, dated August 19, 2008, the Agency 

estimated that it had to create full Vaughn index entries for approximately 1,500 of the 2,198 

documents. Additionally, the Agency reviewed a set of approximately 1,800 documents from a 

related case for responsiveness to this request. In so doing, the Agency identified additional 

documents for which Vaughn entries were needed. At this time, the Agency estimates its Vaughn 

index will be over 2,000 pages. 

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4. The Agency estimated that it would be able to complete its Vaughn index by September 5, 

2008. However, a brief extension of two business days is necessary to permit the Agency to comply 

with this Court’s order. The requested extension will be used to complete the Vaughn index for all 

documents withheld in full or in part from the 2,198 documents and the set of additional documents 

from the related case. 

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5. Defendant is not aware of any harm that will result from the requested extension as the 

Vaughn index as the delay is as brief as possible and will not affect the currently scheduled Case 

Management Conference. 

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6. This stipulation is supported by the Declaration of Robert A. Freidrich, dated September 5, 

2008, filed herewith. 

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IV. CONCLUSION

For all the reasons set forth above and in the declaration of Robert A. Freidrich, defendant 

respectfully requests that its stipulated request for an order changing, to Friday September 9, 2008, 

the time by which defendant’s Vaughn index is due, be granted. No other dates in the current 

schedule need be changed or modified as a result of this order. Pursuant to the above representations 

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by EPA, Plaintiff has stipulated to the request. The parties have previously stipulated to a 15-day 

extension of time. 

Dated: September 5, 2008 

Respectfully submitted, 

GREGORY G. KATSAS 

Assistant Attorney General 

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JOHN R. TYLER LAURA ZUCKERMAN 

ISAAC R. CAMPBELL Deputy Attorney General 

United States Department of Justice 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch SANDRA GOLDBERG 

20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Rm. Deputy Attorney General 

6130 California Department of Justice 

Washington, DC 20530 Environment Section 

Tel: (202) 616-8476 Office of the Attorney General 

Fax: (202) 616-8460 1515 Clay Street, 20th floor 

Tel: (510) 622-2174 

Attorneys for Defendant 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: September , 2008 

Honorable Samuel Conti 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

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