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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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Stipulation of Partial Dismissal with Prejudice 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ) No. 12-CV-4008-MEJ 

OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, ) 

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 Plaintiff, ) 

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 v. ) STIPULATION OF PARTIAL 

 ) DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ) 

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 Defendant. ) 

This action arises under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, and 

pertains to a FOIA request that consists of four parts. See Compl. ¶ 21 (Dkt. No. 1). Part 1 of 

Plaintiff’s FOIA request sought “[a]ll requests, subpoenas, and applications for court orders or 

warrants seeking location information since January 1, 2008” (hereinafter, “Part 1”). See id. 

This case has proceeded on two tracks, with this Court entering an order on the parties’ crossmotions for summary judgment regarding Part 1 of Plaintiff’s FOIA request, see Dkt. No. 62 

(09/30/2014), and a separate order on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment 

regarding Parts 2-4 of Plaintiff’s FOIA request, see Dkt. No. 61 (09/30/2014). The government 

has filed a Notice of Appeal of this Court’s Order regarding Parts 2-4 of Plaintiff’s FOIA 

request. See Notice of Appeal, Dkt. No. 66 (11/26/2014). 

 The parties have recently executed a Settlement Agreement that resolves all of Plaintiff’s 

claims regarding Part 1 of the FOIA request, as well as all of Plaintiff’s claims regarding 

attorney’s fees and costs in this litigation generally (regardless of the claims or proceedings to 

which those fees or costs may relate). Pursuant to that Settlement Agreement, defendant recently 

filed with the Court a declaration that discharges its obligation to process Part 1 of Plaintiff’s 

FOIA request. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to the dismissal, with prejudice, of the 

following: 

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 All of Plaintiff’s claims against defendant Department of Justice relating to Part 1 of 

Plaintiff’s FOIA request. 

 Any and all claims that Plaintiff may have for attorney’s fees and costs in this litigation, 

regardless of the claims or proceedings to which those fees or costs may relate. 

This stipulation of dismissal is not intended to, and does not, dismiss this entire action, as it does 

not affect the pending appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. That 

appeal, which relates to Parts 2-4 of the FOIA request, remains pending and is not dismissed 

herein. 

WE ASK FOR THIS: 

/s/Linda Lye___________________ BENJAMIN C. MIZER 

LINDA LYE Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

American Civil Liberties Union Civil Division 

 Foundation of Northern California 

39 Drumm Street ELIZABETH J. SHAPIRO 

San Francisco, CA 94111 Deputy Branch Director 

Telephone: (415) 621-2493 

Facsimile: (415) 255-8437 

E-mail: llye@aclunc.org /s/ Brad P. Rosenberg 

 BRAD P. ROSENBERG (D.C. Bar No. 467513) 

Attorney for Plaintiff Trial Attorney 

 U.S. Department of Justice, 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 

P.O. Box 883 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

Telephone: (202) 514-3374 

Facsimile: (202) 616-8460 

E-mail: brad.rosenberg@usdoj.gov 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

IT IS SO ORDERED that Plaintiff’s claims regarding Part 1 of its FOIA request, as well 

as any and all claims for attorney’s fees and costs in this litigation generally, shall be, and hereby 

are, DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. 

 

___________________________ 

MARIA-ELENA JAMES 

United States Magistrate Judge 

___________________________ 

Date 

August 21, 2015

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3) 

I, Linda Lye, hereby attest, in accordance with Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), that the concurrence 

in the filing of this document has been obtained from the other signatory listed here. 

Dated: August 20, 2015 /s/ Linda Lye 

 Linda Lye 

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