JR: reason to believe that DOJ or DOI have made affirmative misrepresentations to this court.

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Judge Reyes: there is reason to believe that the current litigation hold is insufficient. Notes that prior witnesses testified that gov't business was being conducted on personal devices.

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Judge Reyes is now issuing a bench order (she's reading iit) in which she starts by noting she has made a finding of bad faith in this case. She is issuing a preservation order requiring DOJ and DOI to preserve all documents related to this litigation.

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Judge wants the parties to either agree to a plan going forward about whether to narrow the scope of the notice she is requiring before NPS can take action at the golf course or to submit competing plans by Monday or Tuesday.

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Plaintiffs say that the federal rules provide for deadlines. Judge Reyes interrupts her and says she doesn't want to tie this up, she knows she is not going to be the last word on this.

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