| Date Filed | Doc # | Docket Text |
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| 2016-03-03 | 1 | COMPLAINT against UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0090-4434344) filed by CITIZENS UNITED. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons to the Attorney General, # 3 Summons to Defendant Department of State, # 4 Summons to the US Attorney, # 5 Exhibit Exhibit A, # 6 Exhibit Exhibit B, # 7 Exhibit Exhibit C, # 8 Exhibit Exhibit D, # 9 Exhibit Exhibit E, # 10 Exhibit Exhibit F)(Morgan, Jeremiah) (Entered: 03/03/2016) |
| 2016-03-03 | 2 | LCvR 7.1 CERTIFICATE OF DISCLOSURE of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interests by CITIZENS UNITED (Morgan, Jeremiah) Modified on 3/4/2016 (zrdj). (Entered: 03/03/2016) |
| 2016-03-03 | | Case Assigned to Judge Amit P. Mehta. (sth) (Entered: 03/03/2016) |
| 2016-03-03 | 3 | SUMMONS (3)Issued Electronically as to UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachments: # 1 Summons, # 2 Summons, # 3 Summons)(sth) (Entered: 03/03/2016) |
| 2016-03-16 | 4 | RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to the United States Attorney. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney on 3/14/2016. ( Answer due for ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS by 4/13/2016.), RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE served on 3/14/2016, RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed on United States Attorney General. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney General 3/14/16. (Morgan, Jeremiah) (Entered: 03/16/2016) |
| 2016-04-13 | 5 | ANSWER to Complaint by UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE.(Heaps, Bailey) (Entered: 04/13/2016) |
| 2016-04-13 | 6 | ORDER. Both a complaint and an answer are now before the court in this FOIA case. The parties are directed to meet and confer and file a Joint Status Report on or before April 29, 2016, which addresses, among other things: (1) the status of Plaintiff's FOIA request; (2) the anticipated number of documents responsive to Plaintiff's FOIA request; (3) the anticipated date(s) for release of the documents requested by Plaintiff; (4) whether a motion for stay is likely under Open America v. Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 547 F.2d 605 (D.C. Cir. 1976); and (5) whether the parties anticipate summary judgment briefing and, if so, a proposed briefing schedule. Please see the attached Order for additional details. Signed by Amit P. Mehta on 04/13/2016. (lcapm2) (Entered: 04/13/2016) |
| 2016-04-13 | | Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings: Joint Status Report due by 4/29/2016. (cdw) (Entered: 04/14/2016) |
| 2016-04-29 | 7 | Joint STATUS REPORT by UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Heaps, Bailey) (Entered: 04/29/2016) |
| 2016-05-02 | 8 | ORDER. Defendant shall complete its searches no later than May 20, 2016. Further, on that date, the parties shall meet and confer and file a Joint Status Report that contains: (1) Defendant's estimate of the volume of potentially responsive records; (2) a proposed schedule for Defendant's completion of its production of responsive, non-exempt records to Plaintiff; and (3) a proposed schedule, if needed, for the parties' briefing of summary judgment. Please see the attached Order for additional details. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 05/02/2016. (lcapm2) (Entered: 05/02/2016) |
| 2016-05-02 | | Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings: Joint Status Report due by 5/20/2016. (cdw) (Entered: 05/02/2016) |
| 2016-05-20 | 9 | Joint STATUS REPORT by UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Heaps, Bailey) (Entered: 05/20/2016) |
| 2016-05-24 | | Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings: Status Conference set for 5/26/2016 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom 10 before Judge Amit P. Mehta. (cdw) (Entered: 05/24/2016) |
| 2016-05-26 | | Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Amit P. Mehta: Status Conference held on 5/26/2016. A further Status Conference set for 6/9/2016 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom 10 before Judge Amit P. Mehta. (Court Reporter: Bryan Wayne) (cdw) (Entered: 05/26/2016) |
| 2016-06-09 | | Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Amit P. Mehta: Status Conference held on 6/9/2016. (Court Reporter: William Zaremba) (cdw) (Entered: 06/13/2016) |
| 2016-06-10 | 10 | ORDER setting the following schedule for further proceedings: Defendant shall produce, absent good cause, all records responsive to Plaintiff's Second FOIA Request on or before July 8, 2016; Defendant shall immediately commence processing and reviewing records responsive to Plaintiff's Third FOIA Request. Defendant shall process, review, and produce those records in reverse chronological order by year. Defendant shall endeavor to produce 650 pages per month, with the first production occurring no later than July 15, 2016; The parties shall submit a Joint Status Report on or before July 19, 2016, which updates the court on the status of Defendant's review and production efforts. Please see the attached Order for additional details. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 06/10/2016. (lcapm2) (Entered: 06/10/2016) |
| 2016-07-19 | 11 | Joint STATUS REPORT by UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Heaps, Bailey) (Entered: 07/19/2016) |
| 2016-07-27 | | MINUTE ORDER modifying the Minute Order entered on June 10, 2016. The court substitutes the word "process" for the word "produce" such that "Defendant shall endeavor to process 650 pages per month." Consistent with its production on July 15, 2016, on each subsequent production date, Defendant shall identify to Plaintiff (1) the number of documents and pages it has reviewed since the last production; (2) the number of documents released in full; (3) the number of documents released in part; and (4) the number of documents withheld in full. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 07/27/2016. (lcapm1) (Entered: 07/27/2016) |
| 2017-04-13 | 12 | NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL by Kevin Matthew Snell on behalf of All Defendants Substituting for attorney Bailey Heaps (Snell, Kevin) (Entered: 04/13/2017) |
| 2018-10-01 | | MINUTE ORDER. Due to a docketing error, the court has not asked the parties to provide an update in this case since July 27, 2016. The parties shall file a Joint Status Report no later than October 14, 2018 that advises the court on whether production is ongoing and whether any further action is required in this matter. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 10/01/2018. (lcapm2) (Entered: 10/01/2018) |
| 2018-10-01 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 10/14/2018. (zjd) (Entered: 10/02/2018) |
| 2018-10-11 | 13 | NOTICE of Change of Address by Kevin Matthew Snell (Snell, Kevin) (Entered: 10/11/2018) |
| 2018-10-11 | 14 | Joint STATUS REPORT by UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Snell, Kevin) (Entered: 10/11/2018) |
| 2018-10-12 | | MINUTE ORDER. The parties shall file an additional Joint Status Report no later than no later than November 14, 2018, which advises whether summary judgment briefing will be required in this matter and, if so, proposes a briefing schedule. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 10/12/2018. (lcapm2) (Entered: 10/12/2018) |
| 2018-10-12 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 11/14/2018. (zjd) (Entered: 10/15/2018) |
| 2018-11-13 | 15 | STIPULATION of Dismissal by CITIZENS UNITED. (Morgan, Jeremiah) (Entered: 11/13/2018) |
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