Jewel et al v. National Security Agency et al

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Proposed Order re 7 MOTION to Relate Case Administrative Motion by Plaintiffs to Consider Whether Cases Should be Related; Declaration of Kevin S. Bankston; Proof of Service ; Deeming Cases Related and Assigning Jewel to MDL Docket No. 06-1791 VRW, In Re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation by Gregory Hicks, Carolyn Jewel, Erik Knutzen, Joice Walton, Tash Hepting. (Bankston, Kevin) (Filed on 10/21/2008)

Jewel et al v. National Security Agency et al

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ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION CINDY COHN (145997) [e-mail] LEE TIEN (148216) KURT OPSAHL (191303) KEVIN S. BANKSTON (217026) JAMES S. TYRE (083117) 454 Shotwell Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Telephone: [phone]; Fax: [phone] RICHARD R. WIEBE (121156) [e-mail] LAW OFFICE OF RICHARD R. WIEBE 425 California Street, Suite 2025 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone]; Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs

THOMAS E. MOORE III (115107) [e-mail] THE MOORE LAW GROUP 228 Hamilton Avenue, 3rd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 Telephone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA TASH HEPTING, GREGORY HICKS, CAROLYN JEWEL and ERIK KNUTZEN, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) AT&T CORP.,et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) CAROLYN JEWEL, TASH HEPTING, ) GREGORY HICKS, ERIK KNUTZEN and ) JOICE WALTON, on behalf of themselves and ) all others similarly situated, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, et al., ) ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) CASE NO. C-06-0672-VRW [PROPOSED] ORDER DEEMING CASES RELATED AND ASSIGNING JEWEL TO MDL DOCKET NO 06-1791 VRW, IN RE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS RECORDS LITIGATION

CASE NO. C-08-4373-CRB

[N.D. CAL Civ. L.R. 3-12, 7-11]

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Case No. C-06-0672

RELATED CASE ORDER Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 3-12 and 7-11, Plaintiffs in the case of Jewel, et al. v. National Security Agency, et al., No. C-08-4373-CRB (the "Jewel case") have filed an Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related urging that the Jewel case be deemed related to Hepting, et al. v. AT&T Corp., et al., No. C-06-0672-VRW (the "Hepting" case). The Court finds that the Jewel case and the Hepting case ARE RELATED as defined by Rule 3-12. The Clerk of the Court is ordered to reassign the later filed action to the undersigned. Counsel are instructed that all future filings are to bear the initials VRW immediately after the case number. All matters presently scheduled for hearing in the reassigned case ­ including specifically the January 9, 2009 Initial Case Management Conference and deadlines associated therewith ­ are vacated and must be re-noticed for hearing before the undersigned. The Court additionally assigns the Jewel case as a tag-along action to In re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation, MDL No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW, a proceeding in which the Hepting case is already included, as such assignment requires no action on the part of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation under Rule 7.5(a) of the Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

DATED: October __, 2008 ____________________________ Hon. Vaughn W. Walker United States District Chief Judge

PROPOSED ORDER DEEMING CASES RELATED

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