Order

UNITED STATES
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT
WASHINGTON, D.C.
IN RE MOTION FOR DECLARATORY
JUDGMENT OF A FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHT TO PUBLISH AGGREGATE
INFORMATION ABOUT FISA ORDERS
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ORDER
Docket No. Misc. 13-03
This matter is before the Court on a Motion for Declaratory Judgment of a First
Amendment Right to Publish Aggregate Information About FISA Orders, which was submitted
on June 18, 2013. Any response by the U.S. Department of Justice to the motion must be
submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on July 9, 2013. If the government responds, the Movant may
file a reply brief no later than 5:00 p.m. on July 16, 2013, through the Security and Emergency
Planning Staff, U.S. Department of Justice.
The Court is aware that the Movant has made its Motion publicly available. Unless the
government advises in a written submission made no later than 5:00 p.m. on June 25, 2013, that,
in its assessment, the Motion contains classified information, information that is potentially
classified and currently subject to a classification review, or information that is or should be
sealed, the Court intends to post copies of the Motion and this Order to a publicly accessible
Uniform Resource Locator. If the government advises that potentially classified information is
currently subject to a classification review, the government shall state when it expects that review
to be concluded.
In addition, counsel for the Movant shall provide the bar membership information
required under rule 7(h)(l) of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's Rules
of Procedure ("FISC Rules"). See also FISC Rule 63 ("Practice Before the Court"). Such
information must be submitted, in writing, no later than 5:00 pm on June 25, 2013.
SO ORDERED, this ~Otday of June, 2013.
I, Beverly C. Queen, Chief Deputy
Clerk, FISC, certify that this document
is a true and correct copy of the
original~
Judge, United States Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court