FOIA Activity: 9 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 9 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between June 2, 2019 and June 8, 2019. 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. DC 1:2017cv01167 — CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

   • June 7, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION re [85] Order. Signed by Judge James E. Boasberg on 6/7/2019. (lcjeb2)
2. DC 1:2018cv00646 — HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES v. ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE et al

   • June 3, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION re the Defendants' [18] Motion for Summary Judgment and the Plaintiff's [19] Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Trevor N. McFadden on 06/03/2019. (lctnm2)
3. DC 1:2018cv01833 — DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

   • June 7, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION Re: Motion for an Open America Stay. A separate Order has been filed. Signed by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on 06/7/2019. (DM)
4. ND 1:2019cv00070 — Kuntz v. Department of Justice

   • June 3, 2019: ORDER: Insofar as the [11] Objection filed by Riley S. Kuntz could be construed as a request for reconsideration of the court's order of 5/23/2019, it is denied. By Magistrate Judge Clare R. Hochhalter. (BG) Distributed on 6/3/2019 (cjs).
5. OHS 3:2016cv00021 — DeWitt v. Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service

   • June 6, 2019: NOTICE TO PRO SE PLAINTIFF OF MOTION TO DISMISS AND ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT – RE: [28] (Responses due by 7/1/2019). Signed by Magistrate Judge Sharon L. Ovington on 6/6/2019. (srb)(This document has been sent by regular mail to the party(ies) listed in the NEF that did not receive electronic notification.)
6. TXW 5:2016cv00972 — Eakin v. United States Department of Defense

   • June 5, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Royce C. Lamberth. (kjw)
7. WAW 2:2017cv01854 — The University of Washington et al v. Department of Defense et al

   • June 7, 2019: ORDER granting Plaintiffs' [37] Motion to Compel. Signed by Judge Marsha J. Pechman. (PM)
8. WAW 2:2018cv01210 — Singh et al v. U.S. Department of State et al

   • June 3, 2019: MINUTE ORDER directing parties to file a Joint Status Report on or before 6/14/2019. Authorized by Judge Thomas S. Zilly. (SWT)
9. WAW 2:2018cv01442 — The Human Rights Defense Center et al v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al

   • June 4, 2019: ORDER re [26] Joint Status Report. Parties are directed to file a Joint Status Report by 6/17/2019. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)