Twitter, Inc. v. Holder et al

Filing 281

MOTION that the Court Discharge the Order to Show Cause and Deny Plaintiffs Request for Access to the Classified Steinbach Declaration, or, in the Alternative, Motion to Dismiss in Light of the Attorney Generals Assertion of the State Secrets Privilege , MOTION to Dismiss filed by William P. Barr, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice. Responses due by 3/29/2019. Replies due by 4/5/2019. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, Declaration of the Attorney General of the United States, # 2 Exhibit B, Declaration of the Acting Executive Assistant Director of the FBI, # 3 Proposed Order, # 4 Proposed Order Alternative Proposed Order)(Heiman, Julia) (Filed on 3/15/2019)

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JOSEPH H. HUNT
Assistant Attorney General
DAVID L. ANDERSON
United States Attorney
ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO
Deputy Branch Director
JULIA A. HEIMAN
Senior Counsel
CHRISTOPHER HEALY
Trial Attorney
United States Department of Justice
Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch
P.O. Box 883
Washington, D.C. 20044
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants the Attorney General, et al.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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TWITTER, INC.,
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Case No. 14-cv-4480-YGR
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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WILLIAM P. BARR, United States
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Attorney General, et al.,
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Defendants.
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[PROPOSED] ORDER
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The Court, having considered the Defendants’ Request that the Court Discharge the
Order to Show Cause and Deny Plaintiff’s Request for Access to the Classified Steinbach
Twitter, Inc. v. Barr, et al., Case No. 14-cv-4480-YGR
[PROPOSED] ORDER

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Declaration, or, in the Alternative, Motion to Dismiss in Light of the Attorney General’s

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Assertion of the State Secrets Privilege, and any submissions in support thereof or in

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opposition thereto, hereby ORDERS that the Defendants’ motion is GRANTED, and

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FURTHER ORDERS that this action is hereby DISMISSED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED, this _________ day of _____________, 2019.

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Dated: ____________________

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HON. YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Twitter, Inc. v. Barr, et al., Case No. 14-cv-4480-YGR
[PROPOSED] ORDER

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