Electronic Frontier Foundation v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence et al

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ORDER GRANTING 119 Stipulation to Vacate Case Management Conference. Signed by Judge JEFFREY S. WHITE on 9/3/10. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/3/2010)

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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: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO

__________________________________________ ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION,

) Nos. 08-2997, 08-1023 JSW ) ) STIPULATION TO VACATE Plaintiff, ) CASE MANAGEMENT ) CONFERENCE v. ) AND ORDER THEREON ) 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 September 10, 2010, shall be vacated. In support of this stipulation, the parties state the following: 1. On July 14, 2010, the parties informed the Court that they were actively engaged in settlement negotiations and requested that the Court continue the Case

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Management Conference previously scheduled for July 23, 2010, to September 10, 2010. On September 1, 2010, the parties entered into a Settlement Agreement in these consolidated cases. The Settlement Agreement provides that defendants shall make a payment to plaintiff EFF for attorneys' fees, expenses, and costs within 60 days of the date of the Agreement and that the parties will jointly stipulate to dismiss these consolidated cases with prejudice. Accordingly, there is no need for the Case Management Conference. A stipulation for dismissal will be filed after EFF receives its payment.

Dated: Sept. 3, 2010

Respectfully submitted, TONY WEST Assistant Attorney General JOHN TYLER Assistant Director, Federal Programs Branch /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: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants David L. Sobel (pro hac vice) ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 650 Washington, DC 20009 Telephone: [phone] x104 Facsimile: [phone] /s/ Marcia Hofmann Cindy Cohn, Esq.

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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 scheduled for September 10, 2010, is vacated.

September 3, 2010 DATED: ___________________

_______________________________________ Honorable Jeffrey S. White United States District Judge

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