FOIA Activity: 10 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between November 1, 2015 and November 7, 2015. These are associated with 9 FOIA cases pending in federal district court. Note that because there can be delays between the date a decision is made and when it shows up on PACER, this listing includes only decisions that appeared on PACER during this period.

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1. CAN 3:2010cv03759 — The American Civil Liberties Union of North California et al v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

   • November 6, 2015: ORDER TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS FOR IN CAMERA REVIEW. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 10/6/15. (cl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/6/2015)
2. CAN 3:2013cv05439 — Bothwell v. Brennan

   • November 3, 2015: ORDER by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley granting [52] Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Service) (ahm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/3/2015)
3. CAN 3:2015cv03503 — Freedom of the Press Foundation v. United States Department of Justice

   • November 2, 2015: ORDER by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. Granting [18] Motion to Appear by Telephone at the November 3, 2015 Case Management Conference. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/2/2015)
4. CAN 4:2014cv01746 — Snyder v. Department of Defense et al

   • November 3, 2015: ORDER REGARDING EX PARTE COMMUNICATION. Signed by Judge Kandis A. Westmore on 11/03/2015. (kawlc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/3/2015) (Additional attachment(s) added on 11/4/2015: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service) (sisS, COURT STAFF).
5. CO 1:2015cv01784 — Board of County Commissioners of the County of Garfield, Colorado, The v. United States Department of the Interior

   • November 2, 2015: ORDER of Administrative Closure, by Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya on 11/2/15. (sgrim)
6. FLM 8:2015cv01202 — Gawker Media, LLC et al v. FBI et al

   • November 4, 2015: ORDER granting in part, denying in part, and reserving ruling in part on [62] Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Susan C Bucklew on 11/4/2015. (ALK)
   • November 4, 2015: ORDER denying as moot [5] Plaintiffs' Motion for summary judgment; denying [20] Motion to Expedite and finding as moot [20] Request for Vaughn Indexes. Signed by Judge Susan C Bucklew on 11/4/2015. (ALK)
7. KYW 5:2012cv00127 — LWD PRP Group v. ACF Industries, LLC et al

   • November 4, 2015: MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER denying [1168] Motion to Dismiss; denying [1170] Motion to Dismiss; denying [1171] Motion to Dismiss; denying [1172] Motion to Dismiss; denying [1175] Motion to Dismiss. Signed by Judge Greg N. Stivers on 11/4/2015. cc: Counsel(KJA)
8. LAE 2:2014cv01268 — Gahagan v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

   • November 4, 2015: ORDER & REASONS: ORDERED that Plaintiff's Second Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs (Rec. Doc. 42) is DENIED. Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Reply (Rec. Doc. 44) is DENIED as moot. Signed by Judge Carl Barbier on 11/4/15. (sek)
9. LAE 2:2015cv00796 — Gahagan v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

   • November 4, 2015: ORDER & REASONS: ORDERED that [17] Second MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by Michael W. Gahagan is DENIED. FURTHER ORDERED that [12] MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services r emain HELD IN ABEYANCE until Defendant files into the record a corrected Vaughn Index that more clearly identifies each redaction within the documents and clearly explains the relevance of each applied exemption, in particular exemption (k)(2). Defendant has until 14 days from the date of this order to file an updated Vaughn Index into the record. Signed by Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle.(cml)