Order Granting Motion to File Portions of Guidance Documents Under Seal — East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr (N.D. Cal., 2019-09-05)

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U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal. · No. 4:19-cv-04073-JST · Doc. 70 · 2019-09-05 · Docket on CourtListener

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JOSEPH H. HUNT 
Assistant Attorney General 
WILLIAM C. PEACHEY 
Director 
EREZ REUVENI 
Assistant Director  
U.S. Department of Justice 
Civil Division 
Office of Immigration Litigation 
District Court Section 
P.O. Box 868, Ben Franklin Station 
Washington, DC 20044 
Tel: (202) 307-4293 
Erez.R.Reuveni@usdoj.gov 
PATRICK GLEN 
Senior Litigation Counsel 
 
 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 
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Civil Action No. 4:19cv-4073-JST 
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, et al., 
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Plaintiffs, 
 
 
 
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[PROPOSED] ORDER 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MOTION TO FILE  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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PORTIONS OF GUIDANCE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL 
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v. 
 
 
 
 
 
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William Barr, et al.,  
 
 
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Defendants. 
 
 
 
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The Court, having considered Defendants’ Administrative Motion to File portions of 
Exhibit A (Executive Office of Immigration Review (“EOIR”)), Ninth Circuit Stay Order - 
Asylum Transit Interim Final Rule Litigation (ECF No. 65-1), and Exhibit C (Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement (“ICE”)), Broadcast Message: UPDATED GUIDANCE - Asylum 
Eligibility and Procedural Modifications IFR (ECF No. 65-3), and good cause appearing 
therefore, the Court hereby GRANTS the Motion.  
The portions of these documents, as described below, shall be sealed: 
 
Ninth Circuit Stay Order - Asylum 
Transit Interim Final Rule Litigation 
• Page 1, the name following “From:” 
• Page 1, the line following “cc:” 
• Page 1, the remainder of the paragraph following 
“OCIJ – please ensure that this guidance is 
distributed ASAP today.” 
• Page 1, the signature block following “Best regards,” 
until ***Warning*** 
• Page 1, the name following “from:” 5 lines from the 
bottom 
• Page 1-2, the email addresses in the “To:” and all 
names and email addresses in the “CC:” lines  
• Page 2, the third sentence of the paragraph beginning 
“I have attached the Federal Register version of the 
rule for your convenience.” 
• Page 2, the signature block, after “Thank you,” until 
“***warning***…” 
Broadcast Message: UPDATED 
GUIDANCE - Asylum Eligibility 
and Procedural Modifications IFR 
• Page 1, name following “From:” 
• Page 1, names following “Disseminated on behalf 
of…” 
• Page 1, everything in paragraph following “For 
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Administratively Final Grants of Asylum:” 
• Page 1-2, everything in paragraph following “For 
Non-Final Grants of Asylum:” 
• Page 2, the names and titles of in the two paragraphs 
containing “Office of the Principal Legal Advisor 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security” 
• Page 2, the name following “From:” 
• Page 2, the entirety of the “To:” line 
• Page 2, the names following “Disseminated on 
behalf of” 
• Page 3, the names and titles of in the two paragraphs 
containing “Office of the Principal Legal Advisor 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security” 
• Page 3, the name following “From:” 
• Page 3, the entirety of the “To:” line 
• Page 3, the name following “thank you” four lines 
from the bottom 
• Page 4, the name and title in the top two lines” 
• Page 4, everything on the remainder of the page after 
“Please note that this message may contain sensitive 
and/or legally privileged information (attorney work 
product, attorney-client communication, deliberative 
process, personally identifiable information, law 
enforcement sensitive, etc.) and should be handled 
accordingly.” 
• Page 5: everything 
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Page 6: everything
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Page 7: The first five lines of the page
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Page 7: The names and titles in the paragraphs
containing the phrase “Office of the Principal Legal
Advisor 
U.S. 
Immigration 
and 
Customs
Enforcement 
U.S. 
Department 
of 
Homeland 
Security”
The Court orders that the submitted redacted versions of the guidance documents be visible 
on the public docket, while the unredacted versions shall be filed under seal. 
IT IS SO ORDERED. 
Issued this 5th day of September, 
2019. 
_______________________ 
United States District Judge 
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