American Civil Liberties Union Foundation v. Department of Justice

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION Case No. 19-cv-00290-EMC FOUNDATION, et al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S 9 MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY v. JUDGMENT 10 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al., Docket No. 31 11 Defendants. 12 13 14 I. INTRODUCTION 15 Plaintiffs American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and American Civil Liberties Union 16 Foundation of Northern California seek information from a number of federal agencies regarding 17 the government’s monitoring of social media in various contexts. Plaintiffs sought that 18 information through a Freedom of Information Act request, and the FBI responded with a partial 19 Glomar response with respect to Plaintiffs’ request for information related to immigration and 20 transportation contexts. Plaintiffs filed this suit challenging the Glomar response. The FBI filed a 21 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment as to the FBI’s Glomar response. 22 II. BACKGROUND 23 A. …