FOIA Activity: 6 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 6 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between July 22, 2018 and July 28, 2018. These are associated with 6 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. DC 1:2016cv01115 — BUTLER v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR et al

   • July 26, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION re [26] Order. Signed by Judge Christopher R. Cooper on 7/26/2018. (lccrc3)
2. DC 1:2017cv01203 — ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

   • July 25, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge John D. Bates on 07/25/2018. (lcjdb3)
3. KS 5:2016cv04127 — Kansas, State of, v. United States Department of Defense

   • July 23, 2018: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER granting in part and denying in part [21] Motion for Summary Judgment. See Order for details. Telephone Status Conference set for 8/9/2018 at 01:30 PM – CONFERENCE LINE 1-888-363-4749, ACCESS CODE 8354715 before District Judge Daniel D. Crabtree. Signed by District Judge Daniel D. Crabtree on 07/23/2018. (mig)
4. NYS 1:2017cv02542 — Doyle et al v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

   • July 26, 2018: OPINION AND ORDER re: [45] MOTION for Summary Judgment on Plaintiffs' FOIA Claims. MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Remaining Claims. filed by U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Executive Office of the President. D efendants' motion for summary judgment is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, and Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED. Within 60 days of the date of this Opinion and Order, Defendants are directed to disclose any materials responsive to Plaintiffs' FOIA surviving FOIA claims, and the parties are to provide a joint letter to the Court as to how they wish to proceed. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Katherine Polk Failla on 7/26/18) (yv)
5. WAW 2:2018cv00146 — State of Washington v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission et al

   • July 27, 2018: ORDER granting parties' request for additional time to file report (Dkt. [10] ); Joint Report due by 8/30/2018, by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (SWT)
6. WAW 2:2018cv00655 — Mora-Villalpando v. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al

   • July 23, 2018: ORDER denying Defendants' [20] Motion to Strike. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)