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Parties Involved:
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
Plaintiff
Department of Justice
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 

OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA,

Plaintiff,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,

Defendant.

Case No. 13-cv-03127-MEJ 

ORDER RESCHEDULING HEARING 

AND DIRECTING PARTIES TO FILE 

JOINT STATEMENT

Re: Dkt. Nos. 35, 36

Pending before the Court are the parties‟ cross-motions for summary judgment regarding

Plaintiff‟s Freedom of Information Act request. Dkt. Nos. 35 & 36. In the course of briefing their 

motions, the parties have commendably resolved many of their disputes. However, in doing so, 

the record is now somewhat unclear as to which precise materials are still in dispute. To clarify 

the record, the Court ORDERS the parties to meet and confer and thereafter file a joint statement 

by February 17, 2015 clarifying the materials still in dispute. The joint statement must contain, 

but is not limited to: (1) the CRM bates number for each disputed document; (2) the Vaughn

Index‟s corresponding description of that document; and (3) the exemption claimed for the 

document, as labeled in the Vaughn Index, e.g., “(b)(5)(AWP).” 

Additionally, having carefully reviewed the parties‟ current submissions, the Court now 

ORDERS Defendant to file no more than two additional declarations or affidavits clarifying and 

supporting its position on its claimed exemptions for the materials identified in the parties‟ joint 

statement. See Pollard v. F.B.I., 705 F.2d 1151, 1154 (9th Cir. 1983) (the court may require the 

government to submit more detailed public affidavits before resorting to in camera review of the 

documents; “[b]y doing so, the district court will insure that the record made is „as complete a 

public record as is possible‟”). Plaintiff may also file a declaration or affidavit clarifying its 

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position as to the materials identified in the parties‟ joint statement. All such 

declarations/affidavits must be filed by February 17, 2015.

In light of the above, the hearing set for February 5, 2015 is hereby vacated and 

rescheduled for March 5, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom B, 15th Floor, 450 Golden Gate 

Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 3, 2015

______________________________________

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

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