Hepting et al v. AT&T Corp. et al

Filing 123

MOTION for Hearing re 122 MOTION to Intervene filed by United States of America. (Attachments: # 1 # 2)(Coppolino, Anthony) (Filed on 5/13/2006)

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Hepting et al v. AT&T Corp. et al Doc. 123 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division CARL J. NICHOLS Deputy Assistant Attorney General DOUGLAS N. LETTER Terrorism Litigation Counsel JOSEPH H. HUNT Director, Federal Programs Branch ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO Special Litigation Counsel tony.coppolino@usdoj.gov ANDREW H. TANNENBAUM andrew.tannenbaum@usdoj.gov Trial Attorney U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 Phone: (202) 514-4782/(202) 514-4263 Fax: (202) 616-8460/(202) 616-8202/(202) 318-2461 Attorneys for Intervenor Defendant United States of America UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA TASH HEPTING, GREGORY HICKS CAROLYN JEWEL and ERIK KNUTZEN on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) ) v. ) ) ) ) AT&T CORP., AT&T INC. and ) DOES 1-20, inclusive, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ____________________________________) Case No. C-06-0672-VRW ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO SET HEARING DATE FOR THE UNITED STATES' MOTIONS [Civ. L.R. 7-11] J udge: Courtroom: The Hon. Vaughn R. Walker 6, 17th Floor ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO SET HEARING DATE FOR THE UNITED STATES' MOTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Case No. C 06-0672-VRW Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Intervenor defendant United States of America hereby moves, pursuant to Civil L.R. 711, for an order setting the hearing date for the United States' Motion To Intervene and for the United States' Motion To Dismiss Or, In The Alternative, For Summary Judgment, for June 21, 2006, the same hearing date as Plaintiffs' Motion For Preliminary Injunction. The reasons for this request are as follows: 1. The United States has filed a Motion To Intervene and a Motion To Dismiss Or, In The Alternative, For Summary Judgment. Through these motions, the United States seeks to intervene in this action for the purpose of seeking dismissal or summary judgment based on the assertion of the military and state secrets privilege and specified statutory privileges. 2. Plaintiffs have filed a motion for preliminary injunction, which currently has a hearing date of June 21, 2006. 3. Because the United States is seeking dismissal or summary judgment based on the assertion of the military and state secrets privilege and specified statutory privileges, the United States' motions logically need to be heard prior to, or at the same time as, Plaintiffs' pending Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Thus, the United States believes it would be most efficient for the Court to hear the United States' motions prior to, or at the same time as, Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction. 4. As explained in the attached Declaration of Anthony J. Coppolino, Defendants do not oppose this motion, and Plaintiffs reserve their position regarding whether to oppose this motion until the scheduling conference currently set for May 17, 2006. Accordingly, the United States respectfully requests that the Court set a hearing date on the United States' Motion To Intervene and on its Motion To Dismiss Or, In The Alternative, For Summary Judgment for June 21, 2006. Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO SET HEARING DATE FOR THE UNITED STATES' MOTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -2Case No. C 06-0672-VRW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DATED: May 12, 2006 CARL J. NICHOLS Deputy Assistant Attorney General DOUGLAS N. LETTER Terrorism Litigation Counsel JOSEPH H. HUNT Director, Federal Programs Branch s/Anthony J. Coppolino ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO Special Litigation Counsel tony.coppolino@usdoj.gov s/Andrew H. Tannenbaum ANDREW H. TANNENBAUM Trial Attorney andrew.tannenbaum@usdoj.gov U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 Phone: (202) 514-4782/(202) 514-4263 Fax: (202) 616-8460/(202) 616-8202/(202) 318-2461 Attorneys for Intervenor Defendant United States ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO SET HEARING DATE FOR THE UNITED STATES' MOTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -3Case No. C 06-0672-VRW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that the foregoing ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO SET HEARING DATE FOR THE UNITED STATES' MOTIONS will be served by means of the Court's CM/ECF system, which will send notifications of such filing to the following: Electronic Frontier Foundation Cindy Cohn Lee Tien Kurt Opsahl Kevin S. Bankston Corynne McSherry James S. Tyre 545 Shotwell Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP Reed R. Kathrein Jeff D. Friedman Shana E. Scarlett 100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 San Francisco, CA 94111 Traber & Voorhees Bert Voorhees Theresa M. Traber 128 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 204 Pasadena, CA 91103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Bruce A. Ericson David L. Anderson Patrick S. Thompson Jacob R. Sorensen Brian J. Wong 50 Freemont Street PO Box 7880 San Francisco, CA 94120-7880 Sidney Austin LLP David W. Carpenter Bradford Berenson Edward R. McNicholas David L. Lawson 1501 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 s/ Anthony J. Coppolino CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, Case No. C 06-0672-VRW

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