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Case TitleWILDEARTH GUARDIANS v. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
DistrictDistrict of Columbia
CityWashington, DC
Case Number1:2017cv02665
Date Filed2017-12-13
Date Closed2022-01-28
JudgeJudge Amy Berman Jackson
PlaintiffWILDEARTH GUARDIANS
Case DescriptionWildEarth Guardians submitted five FOIA requests to the Bureau of Land Management for records concerning proposed actions pertaining to coal mining operations. The agency acknowledged receipt of the requests, but after hearing nothing further from the agency, WildEarth Guardians filed suit.
Complaint issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation - Attorney's fees

DefendantBUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
DefendantBUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
1845 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
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2017-12-131COMPLAINT against BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0090-5246495) filed by WILDEARTH GUARDIANS. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons Attorney General Summons, # 3 Summons U.S. Attorney Civil Process Clerk Summons, # 4 Summons Bureau of Land Management Summons)(Wilcox, Stuart) (Entered: 12/13/2017)
2017-12-132Corporate Disclosure Statement by WILDEARTH GUARDIANS. (Wilcox, Stuart) (Entered: 12/13/2017)
2017-12-13Case Assigned to Judge Amy Berman Jackson. (jd) (Entered: 12/15/2017)
2017-12-153SUMMONS (3) Issued Electronically as to BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachment: # 1 Notice and Consent)(jd) (Entered: 12/15/2017)
2018-01-054NOTICE of Appearance by Damon William Taaffe on behalf of BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (Taaffe, Damon) (Entered: 01/05/2018)
2018-01-175RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to the United States Attorney. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney on 12/26/2017. Answer due for ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS by 1/25/2018. (Wilcox, Stuart) (Entered: 01/17/2018)
2018-01-226MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer re 1 Complaint, by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (Taaffe, Damon) (Entered: 01/22/2018)
2018-01-22MINUTE ORDER granting 6 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer. Defendant must file a responsive pleading by February 8, 2018. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 1/22/2018. (lcabj2) (Entered: 01/22/2018)
2018-02-087ANSWER to 1 Complaint, by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.(Taaffe, Damon) (Entered: 02/08/2018)
2018-02-098ORDER. Defendant shall file a dispositive motion or, in the alternative, a report setting forth the schedule for the completion of its production of documents to plaintiff, on or before March 9, 2018. See Order for details. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 2/9/2018. (lcabj2) (Entered: 02/09/2018)
2018-03-129NOTICE of Appearance by Patricia K. McBride on behalf of BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (McBride, Patricia) (Entered: 03/12/2018)
2018-03-1310Unopposed MOTION for Leave to File Late File Defendant's Status Report by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (Attachments: # 1 Defendant's Status Report, # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(McBride, Patricia) (Entered: 03/13/2018)
2018-03-14MINUTE ORDER granting 10 Motion for Leave to File. The Clerk of Court is directed to file [10-1] defendant's status report on the docket. Defendant must complete its search by March 16, and it must complete its initial production of documents by March 30, 2018. The parties must file a joint status report by April 13, 2018. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 3/14/2018. (lcabj2) (Entered: 03/14/2018)
2018-03-1411STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (jf) (Entered: 03/19/2018)
2018-04-1312STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (McBride, Patricia) (Entered: 04/13/2018)
2018-04-1613NOTICE of Appearance by Kelly E. Nokes on behalf of WILDEARTH GUARDIANS (Nokes, Kelly) (Main Document 13 replaced on 4/17/2018) (jf). (Entered: 04/16/2018)
2018-04-17MINUTE ORDER. Before the Court enters a schedule in accordance with either party's proposal, defendant must inform the Court by May 1, 2018 how many pages it anticipates it can process per month. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 4/17/2018. (lcabj2) (Entered: 04/17/2018)
2018-04-18Set/Reset Deadlines: Defendant's notice to the Court regarding number of pages it can process per month due by 5/1/2018. (tb) (Entered: 04/18/2018)
2018-04-2714NOTICE by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (McBride, Patricia) (Entered: 04/27/2018)
2018-05-04MINUTE ORDER. A Status Conference in this case is been scheduled for 5/10/2018 at 11:00 AM (EDT) in Courtroom 3 before Judge Amy Berman Jackson. Counsel for Plaintiff will be allowed to appear by telephone and will be advised by email of the dial in number and procedures by the Court's Deputy Clerk. SO ORDERED. By Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 5/4/2018. (jth) (Entered: 05/04/2018)
2018-05-10Minute Entry for proceeding held before Judge Amy Berman Jackson: Status Conference held on 5/10/2018. Status Report from the parties is due by 5/17/2018. (Court Reporter: Janice Dickman) (jth) (Entered: 05/10/2018)
2018-05-10MINUTE ORDER. Plaintiff must inform the Court by May 17, 2018 whether it has narrowed its Freedom of Information Act request given the volume of documents involved, and whether it has been informed, after conferring with the defense, that its action has reduced the number of responsive pages. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 5/10/2018. (lcabj2) (Entered: 05/10/2018)
2018-05-1715STATUS REPORT by WILDEARTH GUARDIANS. (Wilcox, Stuart) (Entered: 05/17/2018)
2018-05-18MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must continue to process a minimum of 1,000 pages per month, but it must make its best effort to process more pages each month if possible. Defendant must file a status report on June 18, 2018. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 5/18/2018. (lcabj2) (Entered: 05/18/2018)
2018-06-1316NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPEARANCE as to BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. Attorney Patricia K. McBride terminated. (McBride, Patricia) (Entered: 06/13/2018)
2018-06-1817STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Taaffe, Damon) (Entered: 06/18/2018)
2018-06-19MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by July 20, 2018. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 6/19/2018. (lcabj2) (Entered: 06/19/2018)
2018-07-1918STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Taaffe, Damon) (Entered: 07/19/2018)
2018-07-23MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by August 20, 2018. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 7/23/2018. (lcabj2) (Entered: 07/23/2018)
2018-08-2019STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Taaffe, Damon) (Entered: 08/20/2018)
2018-08-21MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by September 20, 2018. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 8/21/2018. (lcabj2) (Entered: 08/21/2018)
2018-09-1820NOTICE of Change of Address by Kelly E. Nokes (Nokes, Kelly) (Entered: 09/18/2018)
2018-09-2021STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Taaffe, Damon) (Entered: 09/20/2018)
2018-09-20MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by October 22, 2018. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 9/20/2018. (lcabj2) (Entered: 09/20/2018)
2018-10-2222STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Taaffe, Damon) (Entered: 10/22/2018)
2018-10-22MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by November 21, 2018. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 10/22/2018. (lcabj2) (Entered: 10/22/2018)
2018-11-2023STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Taaffe, Damon) (Entered: 11/20/2018)
2018-11-21MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by December 20, 2018. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 11/21/2018. (lcabj2) (Entered: 11/21/2018)
2018-12-1824STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Taaffe, Damon) (Entered: 12/18/2018)
2018-12-18MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by January 22, 2019. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 12/18/2018. (lcabj2) (Entered: 12/18/2018)
2019-01-3025STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Taaffe, Damon) (Entered: 01/30/2019)
2019-01-31MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by February 28, 2019. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 1/31/2019. (lcabj2) (Entered: 01/31/2019)
2019-02-1526NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL by Christopher Charles Hair on behalf of All Defendants (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 02/15/2019)
2019-02-2827STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 02/28/2019)
2019-03-01MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by March 28, 2019. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 3/1/2019. (lcabj2) (Entered: 03/01/2019)
2019-03-2828STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 03/28/2019)
2019-04-02MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by April 30, 2019. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 4/2/2019. (lcabj2) (Entered: 04/02/2019)
2019-04-0829NOTICE of Change of Address by Stuart Wilcox (Wilcox, Stuart) (Entered: 04/08/2019)
2019-04-3030STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 04/30/2019)
2019-05-01MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by May 31, 2019. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 5/1/2019. (lcabj2) (Entered: 05/01/2019)
2019-05-3131STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 05/31/2019)
2019-06-04MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by June 28, 2019. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 6/4/2019. (lcabj2) (Entered: 06/04/2019)
2019-06-04Set/Reset Deadlines: Defendant's Status Report due by 6/28/2019. (tg) (Entered: 06/04/2019)
2019-06-2832STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 06/28/2019)
2019-07-08MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by July 31, 2019. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 7/8/2019. (lcabj2) (Entered: 07/08/2019)
2019-07-3133STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 07/31/2019)
2019-08-02MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by August 30, 2019. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 8/2/2019. (lcabj2) (Entered: 08/02/2019)
2019-08-3034STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 08/30/2019)
2019-09-06MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by September 30, 2019. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 9/6/2019. (lcabj2) (Entered: 09/06/2019)
2019-09-3035STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 09/30/2019)
2019-10-01MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by October 31, 2019. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 10/1/2019. (lcabj2) (Entered: 10/01/2019)
2019-10-3136STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 10/31/2019)
2019-11-19MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by December 2, 2019. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 11/19/2019. (lcabj2) (Entered: 11/19/2019)
2019-12-0237STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 12/02/2019)
2019-12-03MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by December 31, 2019. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 12/3/2019. (lcabj2) (Entered: 12/03/2019)
2019-12-3138STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 12/31/2019)
2020-01-02MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by January 31, 2020. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 1/2/2020. (lcabj2) (Entered: 01/02/2020)
2020-01-3139STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 01/31/2020)
2020-01-31MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by March 3, 2020. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 1/31/2020. (lcabj2) (Entered: 01/31/2020)
2020-03-0340STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 03/03/2020)
2020-03-05MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by April 3, 2020. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 3/5/2020. (lcabj2) (Entered: 03/05/2020)
2020-03-06Set/Reset Deadlines: Defendant's status report due by 4/3/2020. (tg) (Entered: 03/06/2020)
2020-04-0341STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 04/03/2020)
2020-04-06MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by May 4, 2020. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 4/6/2020. (lcabj2) (Entered: 04/06/2020)
2020-05-0442STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 05/04/2020)
2020-05-06MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by June 4, 2020. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 5/6/2020. (lcabj2) (Entered: 05/06/2020)
2020-06-0543STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 06/05/2020)
2020-06-08MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by July 2, 2020. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 6/8/2020. (lcabj2) (Entered: 06/08/2020)
2020-07-0244STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 07/02/2020)
2020-07-06MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by August 5, 2020. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 7/6/2020. (lcabj2) (Entered: 07/06/2020)
2020-08-0545STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 08/05/2020)
2020-08-10MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by September 3, 2020. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 8/10/20. (lcabj2) (Entered: 08/10/2020)
2020-09-0346STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 09/03/2020)
2020-09-05MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file another status report by October 5, 2020. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 9/5/2020. (lcabj2) (Entered: 09/05/2020)
2020-10-0547STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 10/05/2020)
2020-10-06MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file an updated status report by November 5, 2020. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 10/6/2020. (lcabj1) (Entered: 10/06/2020)
2020-11-0548STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 11/05/2020)
2020-11-06MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must file an updated status report by December 4, 2020. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 11/6/2020. (lcabj1) (Entered: 11/06/2020)
2020-12-0449STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 12/04/2020)
2020-12-07MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must submit another status report by January 5, 2021. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 12/7/2020. (lcabj1) (Entered: 12/07/2020)
2021-01-0650STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 01/06/2021)
2021-01-06MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must submit a status report by February 4, 2021. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 1/6/2021. (lcabj1) (Entered: 01/06/2021)
2021-02-0451STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 02/04/2021)
2021-02-05MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must submit a status report by March 4, 2021. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 2/5/2021. (lcabj1) (Entered: 02/05/2021)
2021-02-1152NOTICE of Change of Address by Kelly E. Nokes (Nokes, Kelly) (Entered: 02/11/2021)
2021-03-0453STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 03/04/2021)
2021-03-04MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must submit a status report by April 5, 2021. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 3/4/2021. (lcabj1) (Entered: 03/04/2021)
2021-04-0554STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 04/05/2021)
2021-04-07MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must submit a status report by May 5, 2021. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 4/7/2021. (lcabj1) (Entered: 04/07/2021)
2021-05-0555STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 05/05/2021)
2021-05-06MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must submit a status report by June 4, 2021. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 5/6/2021. (lcabj1) (Entered: 05/06/2021)
2021-06-0456STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 06/04/2021)
2021-06-07MINUTE ORDER. The status report 56 recently filed appears to contain errors. Defendant is directed to file a corrected status report by June 9, 2021. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 6/7/2021. (lcabj1) (Entered: 06/07/2021)
2021-06-0857ERRATA by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT re 56 Status Report filed by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Attachments: # 1 June Status Report (corrected))(Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 06/08/2021)
2021-06-14MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must submit a status report by July 6, 2021. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 6/14/2021. (lcabj1) (Entered: 06/14/2021)
2021-07-0858STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 07/08/2021)
2021-07-08MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must submit a status report by August 6, 2021. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 7/8/2021. (lcabj1) (Entered: 07/08/2021)
2021-08-0659STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 08/06/2021)
2021-08-09MINUTE ORDER. Defendant must submit a status report by September 3, 2021. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 8/9/2021. (lcabj1) (Entered: 08/09/2021)
2021-09-0360STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 09/03/2021)
2021-09-08MINUTE ORDER. The parties must submit another joint status report by October 5, 2021 to propose further proceedings, if necessary, in this action. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 9/8/2021. (lcabj1) (Entered: 09/08/2021)
2021-10-0561Joint STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 10/05/2021)
2021-10-06MINUTE ORDER. The parties must submit another joint status report by December 6, 2021. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 10/6/2021. (lcabj1) (Entered: 10/06/2021)
2021-12-0662Joint STATUS REPORT by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 12/06/2021)
2021-12-07MINUTE ORDER. The parties must submit a joint status report by January 28, 2022 if the case has not been dismissed by that point. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 12/7/2021. (lcabj1) (Entered: 12/07/2021)
2022-01-2863STIPULATION of Dismissal by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. (Hair, Christopher) (Entered: 01/28/2022)
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