The U.S. Justice Department wants a district court judge to give Google 21 days to comply with a subpoena for information about the addresses and search keywords it think will help make its case for reinstating a law shielding children from online pornography.
Documents filed last Thursday asked for the time limit starting from the day U.S. District Court Judge James Ware makes his determination as to whether Google must comply with the DOJ request.
“Delay in this court’s resolution of the motion to compel would be unwarranted,” the filing said in part.
Justice Dept. lawyers said they need speedy disbursement of the data they’ve asked Google to provide—a random sample of 1 million Web pages from its index and one week’s search terms—in order to meet a deadline imposed by a Philadelphia court considering whether to reactivate the Child Online Protection Act. The Philadelphia judge has said expert reports in the case must be submitted by May 3.
Judge Ware is scheduled to hold a hearing on whether to compel Google to comply with the subpoena in his San Jose, CA court on Tuesday, March 14.
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