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FBI's Motion for Summary Judgment Case3:12-cv-03728-SI Document22 Filed12/21/12 Page1 of 27 1 STUART F. DELERY Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 2 ELIZABETH J. SHAPIRO (D.C. Bar No. 418925) Deputy Branch Director 3 BRAD P. ROSENBERG (D.C. Bar No. 467513) Trial Attorney 4 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 5 P.O. Box 883 Washington, D.C. 20044 6 Telephone: (202) 514-3374 Facsimile: (202) 616-8460 7 E-mail: [email protected] 8 Attorneys for Defendant Federal Bureau of Investigation 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 11 12 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ) Case No. 12-cv-3728-SI OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA; ) 13 SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN, ) ) NOTICE OF MOTION AND 14 Plaintiffs, ) MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ) AND MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT 15 v. ) ) 16 FEDERAL BUREAU ) Date: March 15, 2013 OF INVESTIGATION, ) Time: 9:00 a.m. 17 ) Place: San Francisco U.S. Courthouse Defendant. ) Judge: Hon. Susan Illston 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF MOTION & MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT & MEM. IN SUPPORT Case No. 12-cv-3728-SI 27 28 Case3:12-cv-03728-SI Document22 Filed12/21/12 Page2 of 27 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ........................................................................................ 2 3 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................ 2 4 1. Procedural History. ..................................................................................... 2 5 2. The FBI’s Searches for Responsive Materials............................................ 4 6 LEGAL STANDARD......................................................................................................... 6 7 ARGUMENT...................................................................................................................... 7 8 I. The FBI Conducted A Search Reasonably Calculated to Uncover 9 All Relevant Documents............................................................................. 7 10 II. The FBI Properly Withheld Records That Are Exempt From Disclosure Under FOIA. ...................................................... 9 11 A. The FBI Properly Withheld Records Pursuant to 12 FOIA Exemption 1........................................................................ 10 13 B. The FBI Properly Withheld Records Pursuant to FOIA Exemptions 6 and 7. .......................................................... 13 14 1. Exemption 7(A) (Pending Law Enforcement Proceedings) . 14 15 2. Exemptions 6 and 7(C) (Clearly Unwarranted and 16 Unwarranted Invasion of Personal Privacy) ......................... 15 17 3. Exemption 7(D) (Information from Confidential Sources) .. 17 18 4. Exemption 7(E) (Investigative Techniques and Procedures)..................................................................... 18 19 III. The Coast Guard Properly Withheld Records That Are 20 Exempt From Disclosure Under FOIA. .................................................... 19 21 A. Exemptions 3 (Records Exempt from Disclosure Per Statute) and 6 (Clearly Unwarranted Invasion of Personal Privacy). ........ 19 22 B. Exemption 7(E) (Investigative Techniques and Procedures)........ 20 23 IV. Defendant Has Produced All Reasonably Segregable Portions of 24 Responsive Records.................................................................................. 21 25 CONCLUSION................................................................................................................. 22 26 27 28 DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF MOTION & MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT & MEM. IN SUPPORT Case No. 12-cv-3728-SI Case3:12-cv-03728-SI Document22 Filed12/21/12 Page3 of 27 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES 2 Cases 3 ACLU v. FBI, 429 F. Supp. 2d 179 (D.D.C. 2006)........................................................................................... 12 4 Balridge v. Shapiro, 5 455 U.S. 345 (1982)................................................................................................................... 19 6 Berman v. CIA, 501 F.3d 1136 (9th Cir. 2007) ...................................................................................................11 7 Bibles v. Or. Natural Desert Ass'n, 8 519 U.S. 355, 117 S. Ct. 795, 136 L. Ed. 2d 825 (1997)........................................................... 16 9 Brunetti v. FBI, 357 F. Supp. 2d 97 (D.D.C. 2004)............................................................................................... 8 10 Church of Scientology Int'l v. I.R.S., 11 995 F.2d 916 (9th Cir. 1993) ..................................................................................................... 13 12 CIA v. Sims, 471 U.S. 159 (1985)......................................................................................................... 9, 11, 20 13 Citizens Comm'n on Human Rights v. FDA, 14 45 F.3d 1325 (9th Cir. 1995) ....................................................................................................... 7 15 Code v. FBI, No. 95-1892, 1997 WL 150070 (D.D.C. Mar. 26, 1997) .......................................................... 14 16 Council on Am.-Islamic Relations v. FBI, 17 749 F. Supp. 2d 1104 (S.D. Cal. 2010)................................................................................ 12, 17 18 Dep't of Air Force v. Rose, 425 U.S. 352 (1976)..................................................................................................................... 9 19 Dep't of Justice v. Reporters Comm. for Freedom of the Press, 20 489 U.S. 749, 109 S. Ct. 1468, 103 L. Ed. 2d 774 (1989)......................................................... 16 21 Dow Jones & Co. v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 917 F.2d 571 (D.C. Cir. 1990)...................................................................................................17 22 Epstein v. Ressor, 23 421 F.2d 930 (9th Cir. 1970) ..................................................................................................... 10 24 Essential Info., Inc. v. U.S. Info. Agency, 134 F.3d 1165 (D.C. Cir. 1998)................................................................................................. 19 25 Fitzgibbon v. CIA, 26 911 F.2d 755 (D.C. Cir. 1990)................................................................................................... 19 27 28 DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF MOTION & MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT & MEM. IN SUPPORT Case No. 12-cv-3728-SI Case3:12-cv-03728-SI Document22 Filed12/21/12 Page4 of 27 1 Frugone v. CIA, 169 F.3d 772 (D.C. Cir. 1999)................................................................................................... 10 2 Hiken v. Dep't of Defense, 3 521 F. Supp. 2d 1047 (N.D. Cal. 2007) ..................................................................................... 20 4 Hopkinson v. Shillinger, 866 F.2d 1185 (10th Cir. 1989) ................................................................................................. 13 5 Hopkinson v. Shillinger, 6 888 F.2d 1286 (10th Cir. 1989) ................................................................................................. 13 7 Hunt v. CIA, 981 F.2d 1116 (9th Cir. 1992) ............................................................................................. 10, 11 8 Iturralde v. Comptroller of the Currency, 9 315 F.3d 311 (D.C. Cir. 2003)..................................................................................................... 7 10 John Doe Agency v. John Doe Corp., 493 U.S. 146 (1989)............................................................................................................... 9, 14 11 Judicial Watch, Inc. v. FBI, 12 No. 00-745 (TFH), 2001 WL 35612541 (D.D.C. Apr. 20, 2001)........................................ 14, 15 13 Lahr v. Nat'l Transp. Safety Bd., 569 F.3d 964 (9th Cir. 2009) ....................................................................................................... 7 14 Lane v. Dep't of Interior, 15 523 F.3d 1128 (9th Cir. 2008) ..................................................................................................... 8 16 Lawyers' Comm. for Civil Rights v. U.S. Dep't of the Treasury, 534 F. Supp. 2d 1126 (N.D. Cal. 2008) ................................................................................... 6, 7 17 Leadership Conf. on Civil Rights v. Gonzales, 18 404 F. Supp. 2d 246 (D.D.C. 2005)........................................................................................... 13 19 Lion Raisins v. U.S. Dep't. of Agric., 354 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 2004) ..................................................................................................... 9 20 Minier v. CIA, 21 88 F.3d 796 (9th Cir. 1996) ................................................................................................... 9, 20 22 Nat'l Sec. Archive Fund, Inc. v. CIA, 402 F. Supp. 2d 211 (D.D.C. 2005)........................................................................................... 21 23 NLRB v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co., 24 437 U.S. 214 (1978)................................................................................................................... 14 25 Oglesby v. U.S. Dep't of Army, 920 F.2d 57 (D.C. Cir. 1990)....................................................................................................... 7 26 PHE, Inc. v. Dep't of Justice, 27 983 F.2d 248 (D.C. Cir. 1993)...................................................................................................18 28 DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF MOTION & MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT & MEM. IN SUPPORT Case No. 12-cv-3728-SI
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