Filed: Feb. 20, 2018
Latest Update: Feb. 20, 2018
Summary: JOINT STATUS REPORT AND PROPOSED BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND ORDER HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. , District Judge . Pursuant to L. R. 7-12, Plaintiff Electronic Frontier Foundation ("EFF") and Defendant United States Department of Justice provide the following status report, stipulate to the proposed briefing schedule for cross-motions for summary judgment in this case as outlined below, and request that the Court order the same. In support, the parties state as follows: The Joint Case Management Stat
Summary: JOINT STATUS REPORT AND PROPOSED BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND ORDER HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. , District Judge . Pursuant to L. R. 7-12, Plaintiff Electronic Frontier Foundation ("EFF") and Defendant United States Department of Justice provide the following status report, stipulate to the proposed briefing schedule for cross-motions for summary judgment in this case as outlined below, and request that the Court order the same. In support, the parties state as follows: The Joint Case Management State..
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JOINT STATUS REPORT AND PROPOSED BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND ORDER
HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR., District Judge.
Pursuant to L. R. 7-12, Plaintiff Electronic Frontier Foundation ("EFF") and Defendant United States Department of Justice provide the following status report, stipulate to the proposed briefing schedule for cross-motions for summary judgment in this case as outlined below, and request that the Court order the same. In support, the parties state as follows:
The Joint Case Management Statement (JCMS) filed on January 8, 2018 (ECF No. 57) stated that Defendant was processing the third and final batch of documents in response to Plaintiff's narrowed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the goal of producing documents, where appropriate, by January 30, 2018. Defendant met its processing deadline, producing 13 redacted records to Plaintiff and withholding an additional 26 documents in full.
The Court's Dec. 19, 2017 Order (ECF No. 56) stated that once Defendant completed processing of that final set of records, the parties should confer and file a joint status report setting forth a summary judgment briefing schedule in this case by February 16, 2018.
The parties have conferred and narrowed the issues that remain in dispute, but they are unable to agree on several issues, including but not limited to, Defendant's withholdings of certain records, in full and in part, pursuant to claimed exemptions under FOIA. Because summary judgment is necessary to resolve those issues, the parties have reached agreement on a schedule as follows:
May 24, 2018 Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (30 pages)
June 21, 2018 Plaintiff's Combined Cross-Motion for Summary
Judgment/Opposition to Defendant's Motion (40 pages)
July 19, 2018 Defendant's Combined Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion/Reply
in Support of Their Motion for Summary Judgment (35 pages)
August 9, 2018 Plaintiff's Reply in Support of Its Motion for Summary
Judgment (25 pages)
August 23, 2018 Requested Hearing Date
DECLARATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 5-1(I)(3)
Pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I, Aaron Mackey, declare that I obtained the concurrence of Rodney Patton, counsel for Defendant, United States Department of Justice, in the filing of this document.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 16th day of February, 2018 in San Francisco, California
ORDER
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The parties shall file their summary judgment briefs in accordance with the schedule above.
