Case 3:17-cv-01799-JSC Document 20 Filed 07/20/17 Page 1 of 22 1 Marcia Hofmann (SBN 250087) Email: [email protected] 2 Kendra Albert (SBN 314839) 3 Email: [email protected] ZEITGEIST LAW PC 4 25 Taylor St. San Francisco, CA 94102 5 Telephone: (415) 830-6664 6 Attorneys for Plaintiff CORA CURRIER 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 11 ) 12 ) CORA CURRIER, ) Case No. 3:17-cv-01799-JSC 13 ) Plaintiff, ) 14 ) v. ) PLAINTIFF CORA CURRIER’S 15 ) NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ) FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION; 16 et al., ) MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY 17 Defendants. ) ) INJUNCTION 18 ) ) 19 ) Date: August 24, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m. 20 ) ) Place: Courtroom F, 15th Floor Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley 21 ) ) 22 ) ) 23 24 25 26 27 28 PL.’S NOT. OF MOT. AND MOT. FOR PRELIM. INJ.; MEM. IN SUPP. OF PL.’S MOT. FOR PRELIM. INJ. Case No. 3:17-cv-01799-JSC Case 3:17-cv-01799-JSC Document 20 Filed 07/20/17 Page 2 of 22 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 3 I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1 4 II. STATEMENT OF ISSUES TO BE DECIDED ..................................................................... 2 5 III. STATEMENT OF FACTS ..................................................................................................... 2 6 A. THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON IMMIGRATION, ACCUSATIONS OF ANIMUS, AND 7 SUBSEQUENT JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ......................................................................... 2 8 B. MS. CURRIER’S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS FOR RECORDS ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS ............................................................................................. 5 9 10 IV. ARGUMENT .......................................................................................................................... 6 11 A. THE COURT HAS JURISDICTION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED RELIEF ............................ 7 12 B. PLAINTIFF IS ENTITLED TO ENTRY OF AN ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ....... 7 13 1. Ms. Currier is Likely to Prevail Upon the Merits of Her Claim ..................... 8 14 2. Ms. Currier Will Suffer Irreparable Injury in the Absence of the Requested Injunctive Relief ............................................................................................ 10 15 16 3. The Balance of Equities Favors Ms. Currier ................................................ 11 17 4. The Public Interest Favors the Requested Relief .......................................... 12 18 C. THE COURT SHOULD ORDER DEFENDANTS TO PROCESS MS. CURRIER’S FOIA REQUESTS IMMEDIATELY ........................................................................................... 13 19 V. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................... 15 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -i- PL.’S NOT. OF MOT. AND MOT. FOR PRELIM. INJ.; MEM. IN SUPP. OF PL.’S MOT. FOR PRELIM. INJ. Case No. 3:17-cv-01799-JSC Case 3:17-cv-01799-JSC Document 20 Filed 07/20/17 Page 3 of 22 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES 2 FEDERAL CASES 3 ACLU v. Dep’t of Defense, 4 339 F. Supp. 2d 501 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) .......................................................................................... 14 5 ACLU v. Dep’t of Justice, 6 321 F. Supp. 2d 24 (D.D.C. 2004) ................................................................................................ 13 7 Aguilera v. FBI, 941 F. Supp. 144 (D.D.C. 1996) ................................................................................................... 14 8 Al-Fayed v. CIA, 9 254 F.3d 300 (D.C. Cir. 2001) .................................................................................................... 7, 9 10 Ali v. Trump, 11 2:17-cv-00135 (W.D. Wa. filed Jan. 30, 2017) .............................................................................. 4 12 Alliance for Wild Rockies v. Cottrell, 632 F.3d 1127 (9th Cir. 2011) ........................................................................................................ 8 13 14 Al-Mowafak v. Trump, No. 3:17-cv-00557-WHO (N.D. Cal. filed Feb. 2, 2017) ............................................................... 4 15 Arab American Civil Rights League v. Trump, 16 No. 2:17-cv-10310-VAR-SDD (filed E.D. Mich. Jan. 31, 2017) ................................................... 5 17 Aziz v. Trump, 18 No. 1:17-cv-116, 2017 WL 580855 (E.D. Va. Feb. 13, 2017) ....................................................... 3 19 Cherokee National of Okla. v. Babbitt, 117 F.3d 1489 (D.C. Cir. 1997) .................................................................................................... 13 20 Cleaver v. Kelley, 21 427 F. Supp. 80 (D.D.C. 1976) ..................................................................................................... 14 22 Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Def. & Educ. Fund, 23 473 U.S. 788 (1985) ...................................................................................................................... 12 24 Doe v. Trump, 25 2:17-cv-00178-JLR (W.D. Wa. filed Feb. 7, 2017) ........................................................................ 4 26 Edmonds v. FBI, No. 02-1294, 2002 WL 32539613 (D.D.C. Dec. 3, 2002) ............................................................ 13 27 28 -ii- PL.’S NOT. OF MOT. AND MOT. FOR PRELIM. INJ.; MEM. IN SUPP. OF PL.’S MOT. FOR PRELIM. INJ. Case No. 3:17-cv-01799-JSC Case 3:17-cv-01799-JSC Document 20 Filed 07/20/17 Page 4 of 22 1 Elec. Frontier Found. v. Office of Dir. of Nat. Intelligence, No. C 07-5278 SI, 2007 WL 4208311 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 27, 2007) ........................................ passim 2 3 Elec. Frontier Found. v. Office of the Dir. of Nat. Intelligence, 542 F. Supp. 2d 1181 (N.D. Cal. 2008) ................................................................................. passim 4 Elec. Privacy Info. Ctr. v. Dep’t of Justice, 5 416 F. Supp. 2d 30 (D.D.C. 2006) ................................................................................ 9, 10, 13, 14 6 Gerstein v. CIA, 7 No. C-06-4643 MMC, 2006 WL 3462659 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 29, 2006) ............................ 10, 12, 14 8 Gerstein v. CIA, No. C-06-4643 MMC, 2006 WL 3462658 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 29, 2006) ........................................ 14 9 Gilmore v. Dep’t of Energy, 10 33 F. Supp. 2d 1184 (N.D. Cal. 1998) ............................................................................................ 8 11 Hagig v. Trump, 12 No. 1:17-cv-00289-RBJ (D. Colo. filed Jan. 30, 2017) .................................................................. 4 13 Hawaii v. Trump, No. 17-00050 DKW-KS, 2017 WL 1011673 (D. Haw. Mar. 15, 2017) ........................................ 4 14 15 Hawaii v. Trump, No. 17-00050 DKW-KS, 2017 WL 1167383 (D. Haw. Mar. 29, 2017) ........................................ 4 16 Hawaii v. Trump, 17 859 F.3d 741 (9th Cir. 2017) (per curiam) ...................................................................................... 4 18 Int’l Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump, 19 857 F.3d 554 (4th Cir. 2017) .......................................................................................................... 4 20 Int’l Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump, No. TDC-17-036, 2017 WL 1018235 (D. Md. Mar. 16, 2017) ................................................ 4, 12 21 22 Trump v. Int’l Refugee Assistance Project, __ U.S. __, 137 S. Ct. 2080 (2017) (per curiam) ........................................................................... 4 23 Jacksonville Port Authr. v. Adams, 24 556 F.2d 52 (D.C. Cir. 1977) ........................................................................................................ 13 25 Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Dep’t of Energy, 26 191 F. Supp. 2d 138 (D.D.C. 2002) .............................................................................................. 14 27 Local Lodge No. 1266, Int’l Ass’n of Machinists and Aerospace Workers v. Panoramic Corp., 668 F.2d 276 (7th Cir. 1981) ......................................................................................................... 11 28 -iii- PL.’S NOT. OF MOT. AND MOT. FOR PRELIM. INJ.; MEM. IN SUPP. OF PL.’S MOT. FOR PRELIM. INJ. Case No. 3:17-cv-01799-JSC Case 3:17-cv-01799-JSC Document 20 Filed 07/20/17 Page 5 of 22 1 Martin-Marietta Corp. v. Bendix Corp., 2 690 F.2d 558 (6th Cir. 1982) ........................................................................................................ 11 3 Martins v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Servs., 4 962 F. Supp. 2d 1106 (N.D. Cal. 2013) .......................................................................................... 7 5 Mayo v. U.S. Gov't Printing Office, 839 F. Supp. 697 (N.D. Cal. 1992) ............................................................................................... 13 6 7 Mohammed v. United States, 2:17-cv-00786-SJO-GJS (C.D. Cal. filed Jan. 30, 2017) ................................................................ 4 8 Nat’l Archives & Records Admin. v. Favish, 9 541 U.S. 157 (2004) ...................................................................................................................... 12 10 Natural Resources Defense Council v. Dep’t of Energy, 11 191 F. Supp. 2d 41 (D.D.C. 2002) .......................................................................................... 13, 14 12 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964) .....................................................................................................................