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

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO VACATE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. Signed by Hon. Judge Jeffrey S. White on 9/17/2008. (ls, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/17/2008)

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GREGORY G. KATSAS Assistant Attorney General ARTHUR R. GOLDBERG Assistant Director, Federal Programs Branch ADAM D. KIRSCHNER (IL Bar No. 6286601) Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Room 7126 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,

) No. 08-2997 JSW ) ) STIPULATION TO VACATE Plaintiff, ) 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(a) and 7-12, that the Case Management Conference set for September 26, 2008 shall be vacated. In support of this stipulation the parties state the following: 1. In this Court's Initial Scheduling Order, it set a Case Management Conference for September 26, 2008. See Dkt. # 7.

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This Court has found that the above captioned case is related to Electronic Frontier Foundation v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence and United States Department of Justice, C 08-1023 (JSW) (hereinafter "EFF 1023") . See Dkt. No. 6. Both cases concern Freedom of Information Act requests plaintiff made on defendants.

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This Court has also entered an order approving the briefing schedule proposed by the parties for EFF 1023 and the above captioned case. See EFF 1023, Dkt. No. 64.

4.

The parties participated in a Case Management Conference in EFF 1023. See EFF 1023, Dkt. No. 55. As a result of that conference, the Court ordered the parties to submit a joint consent/declination of reassignment to a Magistrate Judge and entered a briefing schedule for cross-motions for summary judgment. However, in this action, the case has already been reassigned to this Court, see Docket Entry, July 8, 2008, and this Court has already entered a briefing schedule, see EFF 1023, Dkt. No. 64.

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Given that the parties and the Court have already entered a briefing schedule for the above captioned case that involves a review of defendants' response to plaintiff's FOIA request, the parties respectfully request that this Court vacate the Case Management Conference set for September 26, 2008. The vacating of the Conference will promote judicial economy.

Dated: September 16, 2008

Respectfully submitted, GREGORY G. KATSAS Assistant Attorney General ARTHUR R. GOLDBERG Assistant Director, Federal Programs Branch

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/S/ Adam D. Kirschner ADAM D. KIRSCHNER (IL Bar No. 6286601) Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Room 7126 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/ Kurt Opsahl, Esq. Marcia Hofmann, Esq. ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION 454 Shotwell Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiff ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION

GENERAL ORDER NO. 45(X) CERTIFICATION I attest that I have obtained Kurt Opsahl's concurrence in the filing of this document. /s/ Adam D. Kirschner Adam D. Kirschner PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED that the Case Management Conference set for September 26, 2008 is vacated. September 17, 2008 DATED: ___________________ _______________________________________ Honorable Jeffrey S. White United States District Judge

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