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Information Act (“FOIA) request pursuant to Exemption 5 of the FOIA based on Defendant’s
determination that the documents are protected by the deliberative process privilege. Plaintiff
intends to challenge all documents that are withheld by the government pursuant to the
Defendant has recently identified a subset of the documents that have been withheld
under the deliberative process privilege that, upon closer examination, may be appropriate for
release to Plaintiff. Counsel for the parties have conferred about this matter and believe that a
short extension is appropriate to allow the government time to complete the process of
determining whether additional documents may be produced to Plaintiff. This may serve to
narrow the areas of dispute between the parties and thereby promote judicial economy.
Pursuant to the Court’s Minute Order of August 8, 2008, which adopted the proposed
briefing schedule of the parties, Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is currently due on
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October 21, 2008, Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is due four weeks later on November
18, and Defendant’s reply brief is due four weeks after Plaintiff’s motion on December 16.
In light of the above, the parties request that the deadline for filing the government’s
brief be extended by two weeks, or until November 4, 2008. The parties request that the
Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be due four weeks later on December 2, 2008 and that
Defendant’s reply brief be due three weeks later on December 23, 2008. As reflected in the
parties’ proposed order attached hereto, the amended briefing schedule would be as follows:
[proposed] ORDER
The Court has reviewed the Parties’ Joint Motion for Extension of Briefing Schedule.
Good cause having been shown, the Court enters the following deadlines:
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE