KLAYMAN v. OBAMA et al

Filing 66

MOTION to Stay Proceedings Against the Government Defendants Pending Appeal of Preliminary Injunction by KEITH B. ALEXANDER, ERIC H. HOLDER, JR, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, II, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Gilligan, James)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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LARRY KLAYMAN, et al.,
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Civil Action No.
Plaintiffs,
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1:13-cv-00851-RJL
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v.
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BARACK OBAMA, President of the
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United States, et al.,
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Defendants.
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LARRY KLAYMAN, et al.,
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Civil Action No.
Plaintiffs,
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1:13-cv-00881-RJL
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v.
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BARACK OBAMA, President of the
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United States, et al.,
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Defendants. )
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[PROPOSED] ORDER
The above-captioned cases are before the Court on the motion of defendants Barack
Obama, President of the United States, Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States, and
General Keith B. Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), insofar as they are
sued in their official capacities, together with defendants NSA and the United States Department
of Justice (collectively, the “Government Defendants”), for a stay of proceedings against them
pending their appeal of this Court’s December 16, 2013, preliminary injunction issued in case
no. 13-cv-851.
The Court having considered the Government Defendants’ submissions in support of
their motion and any submissions in opposition thereto,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
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The Government Defendants’ motion is hereby GRANTED.

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All proceedings against the Government Defendants in the above-captioned

actions are hereby STAYED pending the Government Defendants’ appeal to the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from this Court’s December
16, 2013, preliminary injunction in case no. 13-cv-851.

So ORDERED this __________ day of _______________, 2014.

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HON. RICHARD J. LEON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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