American Civil Liberties Union Foundation v. Department of Justice

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION Case No. 19-cv-00290-EMC FOUNDATION, et al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART CROSS-MOTIONS v. FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al., Docket Nos. 98, 108 Defendants. 12 13 Plaintiffs American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California filed requests pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to obtain records from seven federal agencies regarding those agencies’ surveillance and monitoring of persons through social media. See Docket No. 1. (“Compl.”). After the agencies allegedly failed to respond as FOIA requires, Plaintiffs filed this action to compel the agencies to produce records responsive to Plaintiffs’ requests. Id. Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment with…