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Case TitleEDDINGTON v. U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND
DistrictDistrict of Columbia
CityWashington, DC
Case Number1:2019cv01996
Date Filed2019-07-03
Date ClosedOpen
JudgeJudge Dabney L. Friedrich
PlaintiffPATRICK EDDINGTON
Case DescriptionPatrick Eddington, a researcher at the Cato Institute, submitted a FOIA request to U.S. Northern Command for records concerning policies to surveil or detain Muslims under a national emergency or use of military force. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request, but after hearing nothing further from the agency, Eddington filed suit.
Complaint issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Adequacy - Search, Litigation - Attorney's fees

DefendantU.S. NORTHERN COMMAND
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2019-07-031COMPLAINT against U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0090-6234470) filed by PATRICK EDDINGTON. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Civil Cover Sheet, # 3 Summons)(Burday, Joshua) (Entered: 07/03/2019)
2019-07-032NOTICE of Appearance by Joshua Hart Burday on behalf of PATRICK EDDINGTON (Burday, Joshua) (Entered: 07/03/2019)
2019-07-05Case Assigned to Judge Dabney L. Friedrich. (zjd) (Entered: 07/05/2019)
2019-07-053SUMMONS (3) Issued Electronically as to U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General. (Attachment: # 1 Notice and Consent)(zjd) (Entered: 07/05/2019)
2019-08-064NOTICE of Appearance by Merrick Jason Wayne on behalf of PATRICK EDDINGTON (Wayne, Merrick) (Entered: 08/06/2019)
2019-08-155NOTICE of Appearance by Matthew Evan Kahn on behalf of U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND (Kahn, Matthew) (Entered: 08/15/2019)
2019-08-156ANSWER to Complaint by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND.(Kahn, Matthew) (Entered: 08/15/2019)
2019-08-15MINUTE ORDER requiring the parties to MEET AND CONFER and file a joint status report proposing a schedule for further proceedings. The status report should address the status of the plaintiff's FOIA request, including the anticipated number of documents responsive to the request and the anticipated date(s) for release of the requested documents. The parties shall file the joint status report on or before September 5, 2019. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on August 15, 2019. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 08/15/2019)
2019-08-287Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Kahn, Matthew) (Entered: 08/28/2019)
2019-08-28MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 7 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall submit a joint status report on or before October 5, 2019. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on August 28, 2019. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 08/28/2019)
2019-10-038Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Kahn, Matthew) (Entered: 10/03/2019)
2019-10-03MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 8 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall submit another joint status report on or before November 4, 2019. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on October 3, 2019. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 10/03/2019)
2019-11-049NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL by John Moustakas on behalf of U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND Substituting for attorney Matthew Kahn (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 11/04/2019)
2019-11-0410Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 11/04/2019)
2019-11-04MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 10 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall submit another joint status report on or before December 4, 2019. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on November 4, 2019. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 11/04/2019)
2019-11-04Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 12/4/2019. (zcal) (Entered: 11/05/2019)
2019-12-0411Joint STATUS REPORT by PATRICK EDDINGTON. (Burday, Joshua) (Entered: 12/04/2019)
2019-12-05MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 11 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall file another joint status report on or before January 3, 2020. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on December 5, 2019. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 12/05/2019)
2020-01-0312Joint STATUS REPORT by PATRICK EDDINGTON. (Burday, Joshua) (Entered: 01/03/2020)
2020-01-05MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 12 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall file another joint status report on or before February 3, 2020. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on January 5, 2020. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 01/05/2020)
2020-02-0413Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 02/04/2020)
2020-02-04MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 13 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall file another joint status report on or before March 4, 2020. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on February 4, 2020. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 02/04/2020)
2020-02-04Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 3/4/2020 (zjch) (Entered: 02/05/2020)
2020-03-0514STATUS REPORT by PATRICK EDDINGTON. (Burday, Joshua) (Entered: 03/05/2020)
2020-03-05MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 14 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall file another joint status report on or before April 6, 2020. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on March 5, 2020. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 03/05/2020)
2020-04-0615Joint STATUS REPORT by PATRICK EDDINGTON. (Burday, Joshua) (Entered: 04/06/2020)
2020-04-07MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 15 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall file another joint status report on or before April 13, 2020. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on April 7, 2020. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 04/07/2020)
2020-04-20MINUTE ORDER. In its April 7, 2020 Minute Order, the Court ordered the parties to file a joint status report on or before April 13, 2020. They have not yet done so. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the parties shall file a joint status report on or before April 21, 2020. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on April 20, 2020. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 04/20/2020)
2020-04-2116Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Earlier Version of JSR)(Moustakas, John) (Entered: 04/21/2020)
2020-04-25MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 16 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall file another joint status report on or before May 12, 2020. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on April 25, 2020. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 04/25/2020)
2020-05-1317Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 05/13/2020)
2020-05-13MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 17 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall file another joint status report on or before June 11, 2020. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on May 13, 2020. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 05/13/2020)
2020-06-1118Joint STATUS REPORT by PATRICK EDDINGTON. (Burday, Joshua) (Entered: 06/11/2020)
2020-06-11MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 18 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall file another joint status report on or before August 7, 2020. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on June 11, 2020. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 06/11/2020)
2020-06-11Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 8/7/2020. (zjd) (Entered: 06/11/2020)
2020-08-0719Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 08/07/2020)
2020-08-09MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 19 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall submit another joint status report on or before September 15, 2020. So ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on August 9, 2020. (lcdlf3). (Entered: 08/09/2020)
2020-08-09Set/Reset Deadlines: Status Report due by 9/15/2020 (zjch) (Entered: 08/10/2020)
2020-09-1520Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 09/15/2020)
2020-09-16MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 20 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall submit another joint status report on or before October 30, 2020. So ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on September 16, 2020. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 09/16/2020)
2020-09-16Set/Reset Deadlines: Status Report due by 10/30/2020 (zjch) (Entered: 09/17/2020)
2020-10-3021Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 10/30/2020)
2020-11-02MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 21 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall file another joint status report on or before December 11, 2020. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on November 2, 2020. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 11/02/2020)
2020-11-02Set/Reset Deadlines: Status Report due by 12/11/2020. (zjch) (Entered: 11/02/2020)
2020-12-1222Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 12/12/2020)
2020-12-1223Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 12/12/2020)
2020-12-14MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 23 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall file another joint status report on or before February 11, 2021. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on December 14, 2020. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 12/14/2020)
2020-12-14Set/Reset Deadlines: Status Report due by 2/11/2021 (zjch) (Entered: 12/14/2020)
2021-02-1124Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 02/11/2021)
2021-02-12MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 24 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall submit another joint status report on or before April 12, 2021. So ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on February 12, 2021. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 02/12/2021)
2021-02-12Set/Reset Deadlines: Status Report due by 4/12/2021 (zjch) (Entered: 02/12/2021)
2021-04-1225Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 04/12/2021)
2021-04-12MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 25 Joint Status Report, it is ORDERED that the parties shall submit another joint status report on or before June 14, 2021. So ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on April 12, 2021. (lcdlf3). (Entered: 04/12/2021)
2021-04-12Set/Reset Deadlines: Status Report due by 6/14/2021 (zjch) (Entered: 04/13/2021)
2021-06-1426Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 06/14/2021)
2021-06-14MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, the parties are directed to file another joint status report on or before August 13, 2021. So ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on June 14, 2021. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 06/14/2021)
2021-06-14Set/Reset Deadlines: Status Report due by 8/13/2021 (zjch) (Entered: 06/15/2021)
2021-08-1327Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 08/13/2021)
2021-08-13MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 27 Joint Status Report, the parties are directed to file another joint status report on or before October 12, 2021. So ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on August 13, 2021. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 08/13/2021)
2021-10-1228STATUS REPORT by PATRICK EDDINGTON. (Topic, Matthew) (Entered: 10/12/2021)
2021-10-13MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the plaintiff's 28 Status Report, the parties are directed to file another joint status report on or before November 11, 2021. In addition, counsel for the plaintiff who signed the status report shall, consistent with Local Civil Rule 83.6(a), enter an appearance in this case. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on October 13, 2021. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 10/13/2021)
2021-10-1329NOTICE of Appearance by Matthew Topic on behalf of PATRICK EDDINGTON (Topic, Matthew) (Entered: 10/13/2021)
2021-11-1230STATUS REPORT by PATRICK EDDINGTON. (Topic, Matthew) (Entered: 11/12/2021)
2021-11-12MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the plaintiff's 30 Status Report, the parties are directed to file another joint status report on or before December 10, 2021. In addition, the defendant is also directed to show cause, on or before November 17, 2021, why it has neither provided the plaintiff with an update nor timely responded to this Court's order of October 13, 2021, which extended the time (at the defendant's request) for the parties to confer. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on November 12, 2021. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 11/12/2021)
2021-11-1231STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 11/12/2021)
2021-11-12MINUTE ORDER. In light of the defendant's 31 Status Report, the parties shall submit a joint status report on December 10, 2021 (as previously ordered), unless a stipulation of dismissal is filed before then. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on November 12, 2021. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 11/12/2021)
2021-11-1332RESPONSE TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND filed by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 11/13/2021)
2021-11-13MINUTE ORDER. Upon review of the defendant's 32 Response to the Court's Order to Show Cause and the explanation set forth therein, the Order to Show Cause is discharged. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on November 13, 2021. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 11/13/2021)
2021-12-1033Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 12/10/2021)
2021-12-11MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 33 Joint Status Report, the parties are directed to file another joint status report on or before January 25, 2022, unless a stipulation of dismissal is filed before then. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on December 11, 2021. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 12/11/2021)
2022-01-2534Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND. (Moustakas, John) (Entered: 01/25/2022)
2022-01-25MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 34 Joint Status Report, the parties are directed to file another joint status report on or before March 28, 2022, unless a stipulation of dismissal is filed before then. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on January 25, 2022. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 01/25/2022)
2022-02-0835MOTION to Withdraw as Attorney for Joshua Burday by PATRICK EDDINGTON. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Topic, Matthew) (Entered: 02/08/2022)
2022-02-08MINUTE ORDER granting plaintiff's 35 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney. Attorney Joshua Hart Burday terminated. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on February 8, 2022. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 02/08/2022)
2022-03-2536NOTICE of Appearance by Joshua Loevy on behalf of PATRICK EDDINGTON (Loevy, Joshua) (Entered: 03/25/2022)
2022-03-2837Joint STATUS REPORT by PATRICK EDDINGTON. (Loevy, Joshua) (Entered: 03/28/2022)
2022-03-29MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 37 Joint Status Report, the parties are directed to file another joint status report on or before May 27, 2022, unless a stipulation of dismissal is filed before then. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on March 29, 2022. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 03/29/2022)
2022-05-1638STIPULATION of Dismissal by PATRICK EDDINGTON. (Loevy, Joshua) (Entered: 05/16/2022)
2022-05-16MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the parties' 38 Stipulation of Dismissal, it is hereby ORDERED that the case is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case. So Ordered by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on May 16, 2022. (lcdlf3) (Entered: 05/16/2022)
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