{"id":6196,"date":"2002-03-18T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2002-03-18T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/?p=6196"},"modified":"2017-02-12T09:51:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T09:51:04","slug":"plaintiffs-cross-motion-for-summary-judgment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2002\/03\/18\/plaintiffs-cross-motion-for-summary-judgment\/","title":{"rendered":"Plaintiffs\u2019 Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment"},"content":{"rendered":"
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
\nFOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA<\/span><\/div>\n


\nCENTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES, )
\net al., )
\n)
\nPlaintiffs, )
\n)
\nv. )
\n)
\nDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, )
\n)
\nDefendant. )<\/span><\/p>\n

Judge Kessler, Civil Action No. 01-2500
\n____________________________________________)<\/span><\/p>\n

PLAINTIFFS\u2019 CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
\nPursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 and Local Civil Rule 7.1(h), plaintiffs hereby move for summary judgment in their favor, on the grounds that defendant has failed to meet its burden of proving that the information plaintiffs requested is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and because plaintiffs are entitled to the requested information under the common law. The reasons for this motion are more fully set forth in the accompanying Statement of Material Facts, Memorandum of Points and Authorities, and exhibits thereto.<\/span><\/p>\n

Respectfully submitted,<\/span><\/p>\n


\n_____________________________________
\nArthur B. Spitzer, D.C. Bar. No. 235960
\nAmerican Civil Liberties Union
\nof the National Capital Area
\n1400 20th Street, N.W. #119
\nWashington, D.C. 20036
\ntel. 202-457-0800
\nfax 202-452-1868<\/span><\/p>\n

_____________________________________
\nKate Martin, D.C. Bar No. 949115
\nMarcia T. Maack, D.C. Bar. No. 467035
\nCenter for National Security Studies
\n2130 H Street, N.W. #701
\nWashington, D.C. 20037
\ntel: 202-994-7060
\nfax: 202-994-7005<\/span><\/p>\n

David L. Sobel, D.C. Bar No. 360418
\nElectronic Privacy Information Center
\n1718 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. #200
\nWashington, DC 20009
\ntel. 202-483-1140
\nfax 202-483-1248<\/span><\/p>\n

Steven R. Shapiro
\nLucas Guttentag
\nAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation
\n125 Broad Street
\nNew York, N.Y. 10004
\ntel:212-549-2500<\/span><\/p>\n

Elliot M. Mincberg, D.C. Bar No. 941575
\nPeople For the American Way Foundation
\n2000 M Street N.W., Suite 400
\nWashington, D.C. 20036
\ntel. 202-467-4999
\nfax 202-293-2672<\/span><\/p>\n

Counsel for Plaintiffs
\nMarch 18, 2002<\/span><\/p>\n


\nCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE<\/span><\/p>\n

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing PLAINTIFFS\u2019 CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT, and the accompanying MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT THEREOF AND IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT\u2019S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, PLAINTIFFS\u2019 STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS and attached EXHIBITS and PROPOSED ORDER, with PLAINTIFFS\u2019 RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT\u2019S STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS were served by hand by being left for hand-pick up pursuant to agreement of counsel and by e-mail upon:<\/span><\/p>\n

David J. Anderson, Esq.
\nAnne L. Weismann, Esq.
\nLisa A. Olson, Esq.
\nCarol Federighi
\nUnited States Department of Justice
\nCivil Division, Room 1052
\n901 E Street, N.W.
\nWashington, DC 20530
\nfax: 202-616-8470<\/span><\/p>\n

this 18th day of March, 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n

________________________
\nMarcia T. Maack<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES, ) et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ) ) Defendant. )...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-freedom-of-information-act-lawsuit"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p89tuq-1BW","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Advocacy-Work.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6197,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6196\/revisions\/6197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}