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Case M:06-cv-01791-VRW Document 35 Filed 09/15/2006 Page 1 of 3

1 PETER D. KEISLER
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division
2 CARL J. NICHOLS
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
3 DOUGLAS N. LETTER
Terrorism Litigation Counsel
4 JOSEPH H. HUNT
Director, Federal Programs Branch
5 ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO
Special Litigation Counsel
6 tony.coppolino@usdoj.gov
RENÉE S. ORLEANS
7 ANDREW H. TANNENBAUM
ALEXANDER K. HAAS
8 Trial Attorneys
U.S. Department of Justice
9 Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch
20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
10 Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: (202) 514-4782
11 Fax: (202) 616-8470
Attorneys for Federal Defendants in their Official Capacities
12 and Federal Intervenor-Defendants (United States of America,
National Security Agency, President George W. Bush)
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14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

15 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

16 ) No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW
IN RE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY )
17 TELECOMMUNICATIONS RECORDS ) STATUS REPORT OF THE
LITIGATION ) UNITED STATES
18 )
This Document Relates To: ) Judge: Hon. Vaughn R. Walker
19 ) Courtroom: 6, 17th Floor
Hepting, et al. v. AT&T Corp., et al., )
20 No. C 06 0672 VRW )
)
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In response to the Court’s Order of August 14, 2006 in the Hepting action (C 06-672
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VRW), which requested a report by the parties on the status of: (i) the petitions for interlocutory
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appeal in that action by the United States and Defendant AT&T; and (ii) the status of 28 U.S.C.
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§ 1407 transfers pursuant to MDL 1791, the United States joins in, and respectfully refers the
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Court to, the description of the status of these proceedings set forth in the report submitted today
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27 Status Report of the United States


Aug. 14, 2006 Order (Hepting Dkt. No. 336)
28 MDL No. 06-1791-VRW
Case M:06-cv-01791-VRW Document 35 Filed 09/15/2006 Page 2 of 3

by Hepting Defendant AT&T (Dkt. No. 34-1).


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Respectfully submitted,
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PETER D. KEISLER
3 Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division

4 CARL J. NICHOLS
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
5
DOUGLAS N. LETTER
6 Terrorism Litigation Counsel

7 JOSEPH H. HUNT
Director, Federal Programs Branch
8
s/ Anthony J. Coppolino
9 ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO
Special Litigation Counsel
10 tony.coppolino@usdoj.gov

11 RENÉE S. ORLEANS
ANDREW H. TANNENBAUM
12 ALEXANDER K. HAAS
Trial Attorneys
13 U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch
14 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
15 Phone: (202) 514-4782
Fax: (202) 616-8470
16
Attorneys for Federal Defendants in their Official
17 Capacities and Federal Intervenor-Defendants (United
States of America,National Security Agency, President
18 George W. Bush)

19 DATED: September 15, 2006

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27 Status Report of the United States


Aug. 14, 2006 Order (Hepting Dkt. No. 336)
28 MDL No. 06-1791-VRW
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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I hereby certify that the foregoing STATUS REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES,
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Case No. M 06-0791-VRW (re: Hepting, 06-CV-676), will be served by means of the Court’s
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CM/ECF system, which will send notifications to ECF registered counsel including:
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
5 Cindy Cohn
Lee Tien
6 Kurt Opsahl
Kevin S. Bankston
7 Corynne McSherry
James S. Tyre
8 545 Shotwell Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
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Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP
10 Reed R. Kathrein
Jeff D. Friedman
11 Shana E. Scarlett
100 Pine Street, Suite 2600
12 San Francisco, CA 94111

13 Traber & Voorhees


Bert Voorhees
14 Theresa M. Traber
128 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 204
15 Pasadena, CA 91103

16 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP


Bruce A. Ericson
17 David L. Anderson
Patrick S. Thompson
18 Jacob R. Sorensen
Brian J. Wong
19 50 Freemont Street
PO Box 7880
20 San Francisco, CA 94120-7880

21 Sidley & Austin LLP


David W. Carpenter
22 Bradford Berenson
Edward R. McNicholas
23 David L. Lawson
1501 K Street, NW
24 Washington, DC 20005

25 s/ Anthony J. Coppolino

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28 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, Case No. M 06-01791-VRW

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