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[THE NAMES, ADDRESSES ANDTELEPHONE NUMBERS OF ALLCOUNSEL WHO HAVE SIGNEDTHIS JOINT STATEMENT ARELISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES.]UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTNORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIASAN FRANCISCO DIVISIONIn re:NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCYTELECOMMUNICATIONS RECORDSLITIGATIONMDL Dkt. No. 06-1791-VRW
JOINT CASE MANAGEMENTSTATEMENT
This Document Relates To:ALL ACTIONSDate: November 17, 2006Time: 10:30 a.m.Courtroom: 6, 17th FloorJudge: Hon. Vaughn R. Walker
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I. PARTIES JOINING THIS STATEMENT................................................................1A. The Plaintiffs..................................................................................................1B. The Defendants...............................................................................................2C. The Government.............................................................................................3II. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................3A. The Plaintiffs’ introduction............................................................................3B. The Government’s introduction.....................................................................6C. The Carriers’ introduction..............................................................................9III. THE STATUS OF THE APPEALS AND THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORETHE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION...........................10A. The status of the interlocutory appeals to the Ninth Circuit (Order ¶ 3(d))...........................................................................................................10B. The status of the cases in which a party has opposed transfer to MDL1791 (Order ¶ 3(d)).......................................................................................11C. The status of cases removed from state court...............................................13IV. THE CRITICAL FACTUAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN DISPUTE.......................14A. The Plaintiffs’ position.................................................................................14B. The Government’s position..........................................................................15C. The Carriers’ position...................................................................................16V. PENDING AND CONTEMPLATED MOTIONS..................................................16A. The Plaintiffs’ position.................................................................................161. Pending motions...............................................................................16a. Motions for remand..............................................................16b. Preliminary Injunction in
...........................20d. Media Motions to Intervene and Plaintiffs’ Motion toUnseal...................................................................................20
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...................202. Contemplated motions......................................................................20a. Motions to dismiss................................................................20b. Motion for class certification................................................22B. The Government’s position..........................................................................22C. The Carriers’ position...................................................................................23VI. THE SUBJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER..................................................26A. Does the government intend to assert the state secrets privilege in allof the cases transferred pursuant to MDL 1791? (Order ¶ 2(a)).................261. The Government’s Position..............................................................262. The Plaintiffs’ Position.....................................................................26B. Do plaintiffs intend to file consolidated complaints? (Order ¶ 2(b))..........271. The Plaintiffs’ position.....................................................................27a. The EFF/ACLU Group.........................................................27b. The Payne Group..................................................................302. The Government’s and the Carriers’ position..................................30a. Master Complaint.................................................................30b.
Answer....................................................................31c. Section 1806(f).....................................................................32C. What issues in these cases may be resolved without implicating thestate secrets privilege, if asserted? (Order ¶ 2(c)).......................................331. The Plaintiffs’ position.....................................................................332. The Government’s position..............................................................34a. Motion to dismiss.................................................................34b. Federal-state actions.............................................................34c. Preliminary injunction motion..............................................35d. Class certification.................................................................363. The Carriers’ position.......................................................................36
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