American Small Business League v. Department of Defense

1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

8 9 10 AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS LEAGUE, No. C 18-01979 WHA 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. 13

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ORDER ON MOTION TO

14 DEFENSE and UNITED STATES CONTINUE HEARING ON

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

15 SUMMARY JUDGMENT Defendants, UNDER RULE 56(D) 16 and 17

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION,

18 Defendant-Intervenor. 19 / 20 In this FOIA action, defendants United States Department of Defense and Department of 21 Justice and defendant-intervenor Lockheed Martin Corporation (collectively, “defendants”) 22 jointly move for summary judgment on the issue of whether the information they seek to 23 withhold is “confidential” within the meaning of Exemption 4 (Dkt. No. 107). Plaintiff 24 American Small Business League opposes the summary judgment motion and separately moves 25 under Rule 56(d) for a continuance of a ruling on defendants’ motion for summary…