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No. 18-3071
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
IN RE GRAN1 JURY SUBPOENA
Appeal from the United States District Court
For the District of Columbia
Case No. 18-gj-0041
COUNTRY A’S RESPONSE TO
THE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM
OF THE PRESS’S MOTION TO UNSEAL
On January 9, 2019, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the
Press moved this Court to unseal the briefs, record, and oral-argument
transcript in this appeal.
Country A takes no position on that motion.’
Respectfully submitted on January 16, 2019.

Brian D. Boone
ALSTON & BIRD LLP
101 S. Tryon Street, St. 4000
Charlotte, NC 28280
(704) 444-1000
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Edward T. Kang
AL$TON & BIRD LLP
950 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-239-3000

Because of the sealing order in place, we refer to the appellant as
“Country A.” Country A is a wholly owned agency or instrumentality of
a foreign state, so it qua]ifies as a foreign state under the Foreign
Sovereign Immunities Act (F$IA). This Court has previously referred to
Country A as “the Corporation.”
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edward.kang@alston.com

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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH TYPE-VOLUME
LIMIT. TYPEFACE REQUIREMENTS, AND
TYPE-STYLE REQUIREMENTS
This document complies with the word limit of Fed. R. App. P.
27(d)(2), because, excluding the parts of the document
exempted by Fed. R. App. P. 32(f), this document contains 86
words.
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This document complies with the typeface requirements of Fed.
R. App. P. 32(a)(5) and the type-style requirements of Fed. R.
App.

P.

32(a)(6)

because

it

has been prepared in

a

proportionally spaced typeface using Microsoft Word 2013 in
Century Schoolbook size 14 font.
Respectfully submitted on January 16, 2019.
ALSTON & BIRD LLP
Brian D. Boone (D.C. Bar. 987633)
Bank of America Plaza, Suite 4000
101 S. Tryon St.
Charlotte, NC 28280
Telephone: 704.444.1000
Fax: 704.444.1111
brian.boone@alston.com

Counsel for Country A

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that today I served this Response to the Reporters
Committee for Freedom of the Press’s Motion to Unseal by email
on the Government.
Respectfully submitted on January 16, 2019.

ALSTON & BIRD LLP
Brian D. Boone (D.C. Bar. 987633)
Bank of America Plaza, Suite 4000
101 S. Tryon St.
Charlotte, NC 28280
Telephone: 704.444.1000
Fax: 704.444.1111
brian.boone@alston.com

Counsel for Country A

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