Case 1:13-cv-00851-RJL Document 64 Filed 01/03/14 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) ) LARRY KLAYMAN, et al., ) ) Civil Action No. Plaintiffs, ) 1:13-cv-00851-RJL v. ) ) ) BARACK OBAMA, President of the ) United States, et al., ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________) ) LARRY KLAYMAN, et al., ) ) ) Civil Action No. Plaintiffs, ) 1:13-cv-00881-RJL ) v. ) ) BARACK OBAMA, President of the ) United States, et al., ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________) GOVERNMENT DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL 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”), hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from the December 16, 2013 Order (ECF No. 49) and Memorandum Opinion (ECF No. 48) granting the Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Klayman v. Obama, Civil Action No. 13-0851 (Klayman I), as to plaintiffs Larry Klayman and Charles Strange. Case 1:13-cv-00851-RJL Document 64 Filed 01/03/14 Page 2 of 2 Dated: January 3, 2014 Respectfully submitted, STUART F. DELERY Assistant Attorney General JOSEPH H. HUNT Director, Federal Programs Branch ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO Deputy Branch Director /s/ Marcia Berman JAMES J. GILLIGAN Special Litigation Counsel MARCIA BERMAN Senior Trial Counsel BRYAN DEARINGER RODNEY PATTON Trial Attorneys U.S Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Room 6102 Washington, D.C. 20001 Phone: (202) 514-2205 Fax: (202) 616-8470 Attorneys for Government Defendants 2