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TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

JOHN TYLER

Assistant Director, Federal Programs Branch

MARCIA BERMAN (PA Bar No. 66168)

Senior Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch

20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Room 7132

Washington, D.C. 20530

Telephone: (202) 514-2205

Facsimile: (202) 616-8470

Email: marcia.berman@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO

__________________________________________) Nos. 08-2997, 08-1023 JSW

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, )

) SECOND STIPULATION TO

Plaintiff, ) CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT

) CONFERENCE

v. )

)

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL )

INTELLIGENCE and UNITED STATES )

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE )

)

Defendants, )

__________________________________________)

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE, pursuant to Local Rules 6-1(b), 6-2, and 7-12,

that the Case Management Conference currently set for July 23, 2010, shall be continued to

September 10, 2010. In support of this stipulation, the parties state the following:

1. On May 3, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued

the mandate in this case, giving effect to the Ninth Circuit’s judgment entered on

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February 9, 2010. In that opinion, the Ninth Circuit vacated this Court’s denial of

summary judgment for the Government and grant of summary judgment for

plaintiff EFF as to FOIA Exemptions 3 and 5, and remanded for consideration of

these exemptions consistent with the court’s opinion.

2. On May 5, 2004, the Court set a Case Management Conference for July 2, 2010,

at 1:30 p.m. 

3. On June 23, 2010, the parties filed a stipulation asking the Court to continue the

Case Management Conference to July 23, 2010. The parties explained that they

needed the additional time to complete a process in which they were jointly

engaged of determining the issues that remain for litigation. The parties sought a

continuation of the Case Management Conference to promote judicial efficiency

and facilitate resolution of the litigation.

4. On June 24, 2010, the Court granted the parties’ stipulation and continued the

Case Management Conference to July 23, 2010. The Court further ordered that

the joint case management conference statement shall be due on or before July 16,

2010.

5. The parties have completed the exchange of information that was referenced in

the prior stipulation, and they are now actively engaged in settlement

negotiations. The parties request that the Court continue the Case Management

Conference scheduled for July 23, 2010, to September 10, 2010, to facilitate the

parties’ efforts to resolve this case without further litigation.

Dated: July 14, 2010 Respectfully submitted,

TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

JOHN TYLER

Assistant Director, Federal Programs Branch

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/s/ Marcia Berman 

MARCIA BERMAN (PA Bar No. 66168)

Senior Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch

20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Room 7132

Washington, D.C. 20530

Telephone: (202) 514-2205

Facsimile: (202) 616-8470

E-mail: marcia.berman@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

David L. Sobel (pro hac vice)

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION

1875 Connecticut Ave. NW

Suite 650

Washington, DC 20009

Telephone: (202) 797-9009 x104

Facsimile: (202) 707-9066

/s/ Marcia Hofmann Cindy Cohn, Esq.

Kurt Opsahl, Esq.

Marcia Hofmann, Esq.

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION

454 Shotwell Street

San Francisco, CA 94110

Telephone: (415) 436-9333

Facsimile: (415) 436-9993

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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GENERAL ORDER NO. 45(X) CERTIFICATION

I attest that I have obtained Marcia Hofmann’s concurrence in the filing of this

document.

/s/ Marcia Berman 

MARCIA BERMAN 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED that the Case Management

Conference is continued from July 23, 2010 to September 10, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. or a time

convenient for the Court. The joint case management conference statement shall be due on or

before September 3, 2010.

DATED: ___________________ _______________________________________

Honorable Jeffrey S. White

United States District Judge

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