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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MDL No. M:06-CV-01791-VRW and Shubert v. Bush (07-CV-00693-VRW) – DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division CARL J. NICHOLS Deputy Assistant Attorney General DOUGLAS N. LETTER Terrorism Litigation Counsel JOSEPH H. HUNT Director, Federal Programs Branch ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO Special Litigation Counsel RUPA BHATTACHARYYA Senior Trial Counsel ANDREW H. TANNENBAUM Trial Attorney Email: [email protected] U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Rm. 6102 Washington, D.C. 20001 Phone: (202) 514-4782 Fax: (202) 616-8460 Attorneys for the United States of America and the Federal Defendants in their Official Capacities UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION IN RE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS RECORDS LITIGATION _______________________________________ This Document Relates Only To: Shubert v. Bush, (Case No. 07-00693) _______________________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Date: August 30, 2007 Courtroom: 6, 17th Floor Time: 2 p.m. Judge: Hon. Vaughn R. Walker NOTICE OF MOTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, on August 30, 2007, before the Honorable Vaughn R. Walker, at 2 p.m., in Courtroom 6, 17 th Floor of the United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California, the United States and the other Defendants sued in their official capacities in this action will present the accompanying motion to dismiss this action, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or, in the alternative, for Case M:06-cv-01791-VRW Document 295 Filed 05/25/2007 Page 1 of 25
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28MDL No. M:06-CV-01791-VRW and Shubert v. Bush (07-CV-00693-VRW) – DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OFMOTION AND MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
PETER D. KEISLERAssistant Attorney General, Civil DivisionCARL J. NICHOLSDeputy Assistant Attorney GeneralDOUGLAS N. LETTERTerrorism Litigation CounselJOSEPH H. HUNTDirector, Federal Programs BranchANTHONY J. COPPOLINOSpecial Litigation CounselRUPA BHATTACHARYYASenior Trial CounselANDREW H. TANNENBAUMTrial AttorneyEmail: [email protected]. Department of JusticeCivil Division, Federal Programs Branch20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Rm. 6102Washington, D.C. 20001Phone: (202) 514-4782Fax: (202) 616-8460Attorneys for the United States of America andthe Federal Defendants in their Official Capacities
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
IN RE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCYTELECOMMUNICATIONS RECORDSLITIGATION
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This Document Relates Only To:
Shubert v. Bush,(Case No. 07-00693)_______________________________________
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No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW
DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FORSUMMARY JUDGMENT
Date: August 30, 2007Courtroom: 6, 17th FloorTime: 2 p.m. Judge: Hon. Vaughn R. Walker
NOTICE OF MOTION
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, on August 30, 2007, before the Honorable Vaughn R.
Walker, at 2 p.m., in Courtroom 6, 17th Floor of the United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate
Avenue, San Francisco, California, the United States and the other Defendants sued in their
official capacities in this action will present the accompanying motion to dismiss this action,
pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or, in the alternative, for
Case M:06-cv-01791-VRW Document 295 Filed 05/25/2007 Page 1 of 25
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summary judgment, pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
MOTION
Pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the United States and
the other Defendants sued in their official capacity in this action, through their undersigned
counsel, hereby move to dismiss this action or, in the alternative, pursuant to Rule 56 of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for summary judgment. The grounds for this motion are that
the United States’ assertion of the military and state secrets privilege and of specified statutory
privileges requires dismissal of this action, or, in the alternative, summary judgment in favor of
the Defendants. The grounds for this motion are set forth further in: (i) the accompanying public
Memorandum in Support of the State Secrets Privilege and the Motion to Dismiss or For
Summary Judgement by the United States and the Official Capacity Defendants; (ii) a classified
Memorandum in Support of the State Secrets Privilege and the Motion to Dismiss or For
Summary Judgement by the United States and the Official Capacity Defendants that has been
lodged for the Court’s in camera, ex parte review; and (iii) the accompanying Public
Declarations of J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, and Keith B.
Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency; and (iv) the classified Declarations of J.
Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, and Keith B. Alexander, Director of the
National Security Agency, that have been lodged for the Court’s in camera, ex parte review.
RELIEF REQUESTED
The United States and the other Defendants sued in their official capacities in this action
request that this action be dismissed or, in the alternative, that summary judgment be entered for
the Defendants.
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DATED: May 25, 2007 Respectfully Submitted,
PETER D. KEISLERAssistant Attorney General, Civil Division
CARL J. NICHOLSDeputy Assistant Attorney General
DOUGLAS N. LETTERTerrorism Litigation Counsel
JOSEPH H. HUNTDirector, Federal Programs Branch
/s/ Anthony J. Coppolino ANTHONY J. COPPOLINOSpecial Litigation Counsel
/s/ Rupa Bhattacharyya RUPA BHATTACHARYYASenior Trial Counsel
/s/ Andrew H. Tannenbaum ANDREW H. TANNENBAUMTrial AttorneyU.S. Department of JusticeCivil Division, Federal Programs Branch20 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington, D.C. 20001Phone: (202) 514-4782 — Fax: (202) 616-8460Email: [email protected]
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