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IN UN ITED STA TES D ISTRICT CO U RT

FOR TH E SOU THERN DISTR ICT O F FLO RIDA

FILED b/.
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N2k 17 2015

CA SE N O.:15-cv-20782-M alinez-Goodm an
DEN NIS M ON TGOM ERY ,

D.C.

STEVEN M .LARIMORE
CLERK u s ols'
r.cT.
s.D ofFLA - MIAMI

Plaintiff,
RISEN ,ET A L.
D efendants.

PLA IN TIFF'S M O TIO N FO R LEAV E TO FILE UNDER SEA L

PlaintiffDennisMontgomeryherebymoves,pursuanttoRule5.4(b)oftheLocalRules
forthe U .S.D istrictCourtforthe Southern D istrictofFlorida,forleaveto filethe atlached
sensitive docum entsunderseal.Plaintiffhaspreviously subm itted hisM em orandum in

OppositiontoDefendants'Memorandum inSupportofMotionforSanctions(DocketNo.178)
andismoving tore-filetheM emorandum withtheincluded sensitivedocuments(labeled as

Exhibit5totheM emorandum)undersealasawholefortheCourt'seaseofreview and

convenience.ExhibitA .
Plaintiffisrespectfully requesting thathiscorrespondencew ith the FederalBureau of

lnvestigation (:tFB1''),includingany instructionssenttotheFBl(included asExhibit5tothe

M emorandum)beplacedunderseal.TheinstructionstotheFB1contain aroadmap to finding
sensitive inform ation contained on hard drivesthatare now in possession ofthe FBI.

Plaintiffrequeststo have these docum entsplaced under seal.The U .S.Justice

DepartmentinconjunctionwiththeFBIareinthemidstofanongoingcriminalinvestigationto

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determ inew hetlzerornotto bring prosecutionsagainstthese personsw ho PlaintiffM ontgom ery,

asa governm entw itness,hasprovided inform ation show ing thatthe N ationalSecurity Agency
and/orCentrallntelligence A gency illegally surveilled m illions ofAm ericans including a chief

justice,judges,congressmen,senators,andotherswithoutprobablecause.Thesubject
docum entsshould respectfully be filed undersealso asnotto,ata m inim um ,com prom isean ongoing crim inalinvestigation and nationalsecurity.A ccordingly,exceptionalcircum stancesand
good causehave been shown.

These docum ents have additionally been designated asconfidentialasprovided in page 4

ofM agistrateJudge Goodman'sProtectiveOrderConcerning Confidentiallnformation (Docket

No.89).M agistrateJudgeGoodman'sOrderProvides:
Any party in this Action or any third party to w hom a subpoena is issued in this

Action (a ttproducing Pa14y''l may designate any material that it produces

(including, but not limited to, exhibits, documents, and things'
, answers to
interrogatories;responses to requests for adm issions; responses to requests for
production; and declarations,aftsdavits,and deposition testim ony or transcripts,

including the inform ation contained therein whetherin note orsumm ary form)as
Etconfidential'' only if the m aterial contains information that is proprietary or
unduly sensitive to the Producing Pal'ty and isnotothenvise in the public dom ain.

DocketNo.89--ProtectiveOrderConcerningConfidentialInformation(Emphasisadded).
Consistentw ith this,asin the case of Washington Postv.Robinson,935 F.2d 282,290

(D.C.Cir.1991)thesefactspresentan extraordinary situationand acompellinggovernmental

interestwhichjustifythesealingoftheinformationuntil(l)thesubsuntialrisktothepersonal
safetyofcooperatingindividuals;and(2)thegovernmentrepresentsthatitcancontinueits
crim inalinvestigation,w hich hasnationalsecurity im plications,withoutsubstantialrisk thatit

wouldbejeopardized.

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Plaintiffsoughtconsentforthism otion from Defendants.Defendantsdo notgrant

consentto thism otion because they dem anded to seethedocum entsbefore they are filed under
seal. Thisw ould be inappropriate assetfol4h in the em ailcorrespondence. See ExhibitB -

Em ailsofN ovem ber l7,20l5 betw een Plaintiffs counseland D efclzdants'counsel.

W HEREFORE,forthe foregoing reasons,Plaintiffrespectfully requeststhatleave be
granted forhim to file the sensitive docum entsthathave been attached asExhibitA underseal.
Dated:Novem ber 17,2015
Respectfully subm itted,

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(310)595-0800
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