Campbell et al v. Facebook Inc.

Filing 32

Request for Judicial Notice re 31 Opposition/Response to Motion, filed byMatthew Campbell, Michael Hurley, David Shadpour. (Related document(s) 31 ) (Sobol, Michael) (Filed on 7/30/2014)

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Michael W. Sobol (State Bar No. 194857)
[e-mail]
Melissa Gardner (State Bar No. 289096)
[e-mail]
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415.956.1008
Rachel Geman
[e-mail]
Nicholas Diamand
[e-mail]
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10013-1413
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 212.355.9592

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Patrick V. Dahlstrom
[e-mail]
POMERANTZ, LLP
10 S. La Salle Street, Suite 3505
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 312.377.1184

Hank Bates (State Bar No. 167688)
[e-mail]
Allen Carney
[e-mail]
David Slade
[e-mail]
CARNEY BATES & PULLIAM, PLLC
11311 Arcade Drive
Little Rock, AR 72212
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 501.312.8505

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Jeremy A. Lieberman
Lesley F. Portnoy
[e-mail]
POMERANTZ, LLP
600 Third Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 212.661.8665

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MATTHEW CAMPBELL, MICHAEL
HURLEY, and DAVID SHADPOUR, on
behalf of themselves and all others
similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
FACEBOOK, INC.,

Case No. 4:13-Cv-05996
PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL
NOTICE
HEARING
Date:
September 17, 2014
Time:
9:00 a.m.
Place:
Courtroom 3, 3rd Floor
The Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton

Defendant.

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PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE
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INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs hereby request that Court take judicial notice documents comprising Senate

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Legislative History of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (“ECPA”) and Facebook’s

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publicly available disclosures, both of which the Consolidated Amended Complaint (“CAC”)

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incorporates by reference. Plaintiffs also request judicial notice of a decision and order by the

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Massachusetts Superior Court in Suffolk County that pertains directly to one of Facebook’s

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defenses.

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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 201, Plaintiffs request that the Court take judicial

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notice of the following materials in support of Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to

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Dismiss:
A true and correct copy of Facebook’s current Statement of Rights and

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Responsibilities, dated November 15, 2013, attached as Exhibit A to the Declaration of Michael

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Sobol (“Sobol Declaration”);
A true and correct copy of Facebook’s current Data Use Policy, dated November

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15, 2013, attached as Exhibit B to the Sobol Declaration;
A true and correct copy of Senate Report No. 99-541, dated October 17, 1986,

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attached as Exhibit C to the Sobol Declaration;
A true and correct copy of an Order on a Motion to Dismiss in Marquis v. Google,

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No. 11-02808, Mass. Superior Court dated January 17, 2012, attached as Exhibit D to the Sobol

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Declaration.

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Plaintiffs’ Exhibits A, and B are Facebook’s own publicly available disclosures and are a

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source of Facebook’s affirmative misrepresentations as expressly referenced in the CAC. See

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Dreiling v. Am. Exp. Co., 458 F.3d 942, 946 n.2 (9th Cir. 2006) (court “may consider documents

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referred to in the complaint or any matter subject to judicial notice”). Further, as with Plaintiffs’

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Exhibit C, Facebook has sought judicial notice of altered versions of these same documents. ECF

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No. 30. While Plaintiffs have opposed the request to judicially notice version of these documents

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altered by counsel with highlighting, Plaintiffs respectfully submit that is proper to judicially

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notice true and accurate copies of the documents without such alterations.
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Plaintiffs also seek judicial notice of a January 17, 2012 Order by the Massachusetts

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Superior Court. The Order denied a motion to dismiss in a case where the defendant, an

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electronic communications services (ECS) provider, like Facebook, argued that ECPA’s

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“ordinary course of business” defense applies when an ECS provider intercepts the content of

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communications that it is entrusted by its users to transmit. The holding by the Massachusetts

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Court is relevant here to rebut Facebook’s argument that its conduct falls within ECPA’s

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“ordinary course of business” exception to liability for ECS providers. See United States ex rel.

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Robinson Rancheria Citizens Council v. Borneo, Inc., 971 F.2d 244, 248 (9th Cir. 1992) (court

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“may take notice of proceedings in other courts, both within and without the federal judicial

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system, if those proceedings have a direct relation to matters at issue.”).
Because they satisfy the requirements of Federal Rule of Evidence 201, Plaintiffs’
Exhibits A-D are properly subject to judicial notice by this Court.

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Dated: July 30, 2014

LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP

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By:

/s/ Michael W. Sobol
Michael W. Sobol

Michael W. Sobol (State Bar No. 194857)
[e-mail]
Melissa Gardner (State Bar No. 289096)
[e-mail]
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415.956.1008
Rachel Geman
[e-mail]
Nicholas Diamand
[e-mail]
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10013-1413
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 212.355.9592

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Hank Bates (State Bar No. 167688)
[e-mail]
Allen Carney
[e-mail]
David Slade
[e-mail]
CARNEY BATES & PULLIAM, PLLC
11311 Arcade Drive
Little Rock, AR 72212
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 501.312.8505
Jeremy A. Lieberman
Lesley F. Portnoy
[e-mail]
POMERANTZ, LLP
600 Third Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 212.661.8665
Patrick V. Dahlstrom
[e-mail]
POMERANTZ, LLP
10 S. La Salle Street, Suite 3505
Chicago, IL 60603
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 312.377.1184
Jon Tostrud (State Bar No. 199502)
[e-mail]
TOSTRUD LAW GROUP, PC
1925 Century Park East, Suite 2125
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 310.278.2640
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class

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