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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Modify Briefing Schedule and Hearing Date on Plaintiffs’ Motion to Dissolve 

Discovery Stay, Jewel v. National Security Agency (08-cv-4373-JSW)

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BENJAMIN C. MIZER

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

JOSEPH H. HUNT Director, Federal Programs Branch

ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO

Deputy Branch Director

 

JAMES J. GILLIGAN

Special Litigation Counsel 

james.gilligan@usdoj.gov

RODNEY PATTON

JULIA A. BERMAN

CAROLINE J. ANDERSON

Trial Attorneys 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch

20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Room 6102 

Washington, D.C. 20001 

Phone: (202) 514-3358 

Fax: (202) 616-8470 

Attorneys for the Government Defendants 

Sued in their Official Capacities

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION _______________________________________ 

 CAROLYN JEWEL, et al., 

 Plaintiffs,

v. 

 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, et al., 

 Defendants.

_______________________________________ 

 

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) Case No. 3:08-cv-04373-JSW

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) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

) ORDER TO MODIFY BRIEFING 

) SCHEDULE AND HEARING DATE

) ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO

) DISSOLVE DISCOVERY STAY 

) RE: COUNTS 9, 12, & 15

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) Courtroom 5, Second Floor 

) Judge Jeffrey S. White 

)

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1) & Civil L.R. 6-2, the Government Defendants request, 

and the parties, through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate to and respectfully request 

the Court (1) to extend by one week the deadline for the Government Defendants’ response to 

Plaintiffs’ Motion To Dissolve the Discovery Stay Re: Counts 9, 12, & 15 (Dkt. No. 334), and 

(2) to re-schedule the hearing on Plaintiffs’ motion from February 5 to February 12, 2016. 

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AS MODIFIED HEREIN

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Plaintiffs filed their motion to lift the discovery stay on January 1, 2016, and noticed a 

hearing on their motion for February 5, 2016. Pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-3(a), the Government 

Defendants’ response to Plaintiffs’ motion is currently due to be filed on January 15, 2016. The 

Government Defendants seek an extension of that deadline due to multiple pre-existing filing 

deadlines in other matters, all occurring during the first two weeks of January. The press of 

business in these other matters has made it impracticable for counsel to prepare the Government 

Defendants’ response to Plaintiffs’ motion by January 15. The Government Defendants 

therefore seek a one-week extension of that deadline to January 22, 2016.1

 The Government Defendants also seek an equivalent one-week postponement of the 

hearing on Plaintiffs’ motion, due to the unavailability on February 5 of their lead counsel, James 

Gilligan. Mr. Gilligan’s son, who recently enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, will 

return home from boot camp for a short leave beginning January 29, 2016, and must report again 

for duty on February 8. Mr. Gilligan does not wish to be away for a two-day trip to the west 

coast during his son’s brief stay.

There have been no prior requests to alter the briefing or hearing schedule on Plaintiffs’ 

motion to lift the discovery stay. The changes requested herein should not impact the overall 

schedule of this case.

Dated: January 13, 2016 

Respectfully Submitted, 

BENJAMIN C. MIZER

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General

JOSEPH H. HUNT Director, Federal Programs Branch ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO

Deputy Branch Director

By: /s/ James J. Gilligan JAMES J. GILLIGAN

Special Litigation Counsel 

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 The extension of the deadline for the Government Defendants’ opposition will 

correspondingly extend the deadline for Plaintiffs to file their reply from January 22 to January 

29, 2016. See Civil L.R. 7-3(c). 

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RODNEY PATTON

JULIA A. BERMAN

CAROLINE J. ANDERSON

Trial Attorneys 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch

20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Room 6102 

Washington, D.C. 20001 

Phone: (202) 514-3358 

Fax: (202) 616-8470 

james.gilligan@usdoj.gov

 

Attorneys for the Government Defendants 

Sued in their Official Capacities

By: /s/ Richard R. Wiebe JAMES S. TYRE

CINDY COHN 

LEE TIEN 

KURT OPSAHL 

JAMES S. TYRE 

MARK RUMOLD

ANDREW CROCKER

JAMIE L. WILLIAMS

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION

454 Shotwell Street 

San Francisco, CA 94110 

Telephone: (415) 436-9333 

Fax: (415) 436-9993 

RICHARD R. WIEBE (SBN 121156) 

LAW OFFICE OF RICHARD R. WIEBE

One California Street, Suite 900

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 433-3200 

Fax: (415) 433-6382 

wiebe@pacbell.net

THOMAS E. MOORE III 

ROYSE LAW FIRM, PC 

RACHAEL E. MENY 

MICHAEL S. KWUN 

BENJAMIN W. BERKOWITZ 

AUDREY WALTON-HADLOCK 

JUSTINA K. SESSIONS 

PHILIP J. TASSIN 

KEKER & VAN NEST LLP 

ARAM ANTARAMIAN 

LAW OFFICE OF ARAM ANTARAMIAN 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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DECLARATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL L.R. 5-1 AND 6-2 

I, James J. Gilligan, hereby declare (1) pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1, that I have obtained 

Plaintiffs’ concurrence in the filing of this document from Richard R. Wiebe, counsel for 

Plaintiffs, and (2) pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2, that the reasons given above for the enlargements of 

time requested herein are true and correct. 

 Executed on January 13, 2016, in Washington, D.C. 

 /s/ James J. Gilligan 

 JAMES J. GILLIGAN

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, it is ORDERED that (1) the deadline to file the 

Government Defendants’ response to Plaintiffs’ Motion To Dissolve the Discovery Stay Re: 

Counts 9, 12, & 15 (Dkt. No. 334) is extended from January 15 to January 22, 2016, and (2) the 

hearing on Plaintiffs’ motion is rescheduled from February 5 to February 12, 2016. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ____________ ________________________________ 

 The Hon. Jeffrey S. White

 United States District Judge

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The Court grants the stipulation, as modified herein: ^

the reply is due on January 29, 2016 February 26, 2016. January 14, 2016

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