Case 4:08-cv-04373-JSW Document 356 Filed 05/22/17 Page 1 of 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTE ORDER
DATE: May 19, 2017

Time in Court: 1 hour 54 minutes

JUDGE: JEFFREY S. WHITE

Court Reporter: Diane Skillman

Courtroom Deputy: Jennifer Ottolini
CASE NO. C-08-4373 JSW
TITLE: Carolyn Jewel, et al., v. National Security Agency, et al.,
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF:
Richard Wiebe
Cindy Cohn
Philip Tassin
Thomas Moore

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT:
James Gilligan
Rodney Patton
Caroline Anderson

PROCEEDINGS: Further Case Management Conference

RESULTS:

Further Case Management Conference held.
By 6-2-17: Government counsel to inform the Court if, hypothetically, a
career law clerk was granted security clearance, would she be able to view
all documents, including those already produced in classified submissions.
The Court set the following schedule re Staged Discovery:
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6-19-17: Plaintiffs to serve narrowed discovery requests on standing.
7-10-17: Parties shall meet and confer to agree to further limit requests
based on Rule 26 with an eye toward significantly narrowing
requests.
8-9-17: Defendants’ responses due (presumably in public record). All
questions need some sort of response - including whether some
responses would be classified.

The remainder of discovery responses in dispute to be submitted ex parte and in
camera, including but not limited to orally ordered scope of production on
Defendants to marshal all evidence pertaining to statutory discovery issues.
Briefing and hearing on omnibus motions shall be set in the Order on Discovery.