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

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Proposed Order re 16 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by Gregory Hicks, Erik Knutzen, Tash Hepting, Carolyn Jewel. (Kathrein, Reed) (Filed on 3/31/2006)

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

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ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION 1 CINDY COHN (145997) [e-mail] 2 LEE TIEN (148216) [e-mail] 3 KURT OPSAHL (191303) [e-mail] 4 KEVIN S. BANKSTON (217026) [e-mail] 5 CORYNNE MCSHERRY (221504) [e-mail] 6 JAMES S. TYRE (083117) [e-mail] 7 454 Shotwell Street San Francisco, CA 94110 8 Telephone: [phone] (fax) 9 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 10 [Additional counsel appear on signature page.] 11 12 13 14 ) TASH HEPTING, GREGORY HICKS, 15 CAROLYN JEWEL and ERIK KNUTZEN, on ) 16 Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly ) ) Situated, ) 17 Plaintiffs, ) 18 ) vs. ) 19 ) AT&T CORP., et al. ) 20 ) Defendants. ) 21 ) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

TRABER & VOORHEES BERT VOORHEES (137623) [e-mail] THERESA M. TRABER (116305) [e-mail] 128 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 204 Pasadena, CA 91103 Telephone: [phone] (fax)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA No.C-06-0672-VRW CLASS ACTION [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

The Hon. Vaughn R. Walker, Chief Judge

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This matter came on for hearing before the Court on Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary

2 injunction. Having given full consideration to all of Plaintiffs' papers, evidence, and the relevant 3 authorities, all of Defendants' responses thereto, and the oral presentations of counsel, and good 4 cause appearing, in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(b), it is HEREBY 5 ORDERED as follows: 6 1. Plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction is GRANTED. Plaintiffs have

7 demonstrated: (i) a likelihood of success on the merits of their Title III and Fourth Amendment 8 claims, (ii) irreparable harm if they are not granted a preliminary injunction, (iii) the balance of 9 hardships tipping in their favor, (iv) and the public interest favors the interim relief sought in 10 their application, sufficient to merit and constitute good cause for the issuance of a Preliminary 11 Injunction Order as more particularly described herein. 12 2. Defendants, their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, parent,

13 subsidiary or related entity, any person acting for, with, by, through or under them, and any 14 person in active concert or participation with them having actual notice of this Order by personal 15 service or otherwise, and each of them, shall be immediately preliminarily enjoined and 16 restrained during the pendency of this action from facilitating the interception, use, or disclosure 17 of its customers' communications by or to the United States Government except pursuant to a 18 court order or a legally valid certification by the Attorney General of the United States for short19 term, emergency circumstances and lasting no longer than 48 or 72 hours as specifically 20 provided in 18 U.S.C. §2511(2)(a)(ii) (permitting emergency surveillance under Title III and 21 FISA), 18 U.S.C. §2518(7) (Title III emergency surveillance for no more than 48 hours), and 50 22 U.S.C. §1805(f) (FISA emergency surveillance for no more than 72 hours). 23 3. Defendants shall file with the Court and serve upon Plaintiff's counsel within

24 thirty days of the entry of this Order of Preliminary Injunction an affidavit or declaration 25 attesting to and detailing Defendants' compliance with it. 26 4. No bond is required. The balance of hardships favors Plaintiffs, who are

27 experiencing harm to fundamental rights guaranteed them by the Constitution, while Defendants 28
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1 do not face a likelihood of financial or other harm from complying with this injunction. 2 Jorgensen v. Cassiday, 320 F.3d 906, 919 (9th Cir. 2003), see also Barahona-Gomez v. Reno, 3 167 F.3d 1228, 1237 (9th Cir. 1999). 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
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IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: _________________________ THE HONORABLE VAUGHN R. WALKER CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on March 31, 2006, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk

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