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Case TitleJUDICIAL WATCH, INC. v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DistrictDistrict of Columbia
CityWashington, DC
Case Number1:2019cv02693
Date Filed2019-09-09
Date Closed2021-02-05
JudgeJudge James E. Boasberg
PlaintiffJUDICIAL WATCH, INC.
Case DescriptionJudicial Watch submitted a FOIA request to the Office of Special Counsel at the Department of Justice for records concerning the issuance and maintenance of mobile devices used by Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. Judicial Watch also sent the request to the FBI. The FBI acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, Judicial Watch filed suit.
Complaint issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Adequacy - Search, Litigation - Vaughn index, Litigation - Attorney's fees

DefendantU.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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2019-09-091COMPLAINT against U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0090-6365789) filed by JUDICIAL WATCH, INC.. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, # 3 Summons U.S. Attorney General, # 4 Summons U.S. Department of Justice)(Orfanedes, Paul) (Entered: 09/09/2019)
2019-09-092LCvR 26.1 CERTIFICATE OF DISCLOSURE of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interests by JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. (Orfanedes, Paul) (Entered: 09/09/2019)
2019-09-10Case Assigned to Judge James E. Boasberg. (zeg) (Entered: 09/10/2019)
2019-09-103SUMMONS (3) Issued Electronically as to U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachment: # 1 Notice and Consent)(zeg) (Entered: 09/10/2019)
2019-09-164ENTERED IN ERROR.....RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to the United States Attorney. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney on 9/16/2019. ( Answer due for ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS by 10/16/2019.), RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed on United States Attorney General. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney General 9/16/19., RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE served on 9/16/2019 (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Cristina Rotaru)(Orfanedes, Paul) Modified on 9/18/2019 (znmw). (Entered: 09/16/2019)
2019-09-165RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to the United States Attorney. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney on 9/16/2019. ( Answer due for ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS by 10/16/2019.), RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed on United States Attorney General. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney General 9/16/2019., RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Cristina Rotaru)(Orfanedes, Paul) (Entered: 09/16/2019)
2019-09-18NOTICE OF CORRECTED DOCKET ENTRY: re 4 Summons Returned Executed in FOIA as to U.S. Attorney, Summons Returned Executed as to U.S. Attorney General, Summons Returned Executed as to Federal Defendant was entered in error and was refiled as Docket Entry 5 . (znmw) (Entered: 09/18/2019)
2019-09-236NOTICE of Appearance by Paul Cirino on behalf of U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Cirino, Paul) (Entered: 09/23/2019)
2019-09-307NOTICE of Appearance by Eric William Payne Lee on behalf of JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. (Lee, Eric) (Entered: 09/30/2019)
2019-10-168ANSWER to Complaint by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.(Cirino, Paul) (Entered: 10/16/2019)
2019-10-17MINUTE ORDER: The Court ORDERS that the parties shall confer and submit a joint proposed briefing schedule by October 31, 2019. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 10/17/2019. (lcjeb3) (Entered: 10/17/2019)
2019-10-17Set/Reset Deadlines: Proposed Briefing Schedule due by 10/31/2019. (nbn) (Entered: 10/17/2019)
2019-10-319Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. (Cirino, Paul) (Entered: 10/31/2019)
2019-10-31MINUTE ORDER ADOPTING the parties' 9 Joint Status Report. The Court ORDERS that the parties shall file another joint status report by December 2, 2019. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 10/31/2019. (lcjeb3) (Entered: 10/31/2019)
2019-10-31Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 12/2/2019. (znbn) (Entered: 11/01/2019)
2019-12-0210Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. (Cirino, Paul) (Entered: 12/02/2019)
2019-12-03MINUTE ORDER ADOPTING the parties' 10 Joint Status Report. The Court ORDERS that the parties shall file another joint status report by January 31, 2020. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 12/3/2019. (lcjeb3) (Entered: 12/03/2019)
2019-12-03Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 1/31/2020. (nbn) (Entered: 12/03/2019)
2020-01-3111Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. (Cirino, Paul) (Entered: 01/31/2020)
2020-01-31MINUTE ORDER: The Court ADOPTS the parties' 11 Joint Status Report and ORDERS that they shall file a further joint status report by March 30, 2020. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 1/31/2020. (lcjeb3) (Entered: 01/31/2020)
2020-01-31Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 3/30/2020. (nbn) (Entered: 01/31/2020)
2020-01-31Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 3/30/2020. (nbn) (Entered: 02/03/2020)
2020-03-3012Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. (Cirino, Paul) (Entered: 03/30/2020)
2020-03-30MINUTE ORDER: The Court ADOPTS the parties' 12 Joint Status Report and ORDERS that they shall file a further joint status report by June 5, 2020. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 3/30/2020. (lcjeb2) (Entered: 03/30/2020)
2020-03-30Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 6/5/2020. (znbn) (Entered: 03/30/2020)
2020-06-0513Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. (Cirino, Paul) (Entered: 06/05/2020)
2020-06-05MINUTE ORDER: The Court ADOPTS the parties' 13 Joint Status Report and ORDERS that they shall submit a further joint status report by July 20, 2020. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 6/5/2020. (lcjeb3) (Entered: 06/05/2020)
2020-06-05Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 7/20/2020. (znbn) (Entered: 06/05/2020)
2020-07-2014Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. (Cirino, Paul) (Entered: 07/20/2020)
2020-07-20MINUTE ORDER: The Court ADOPTS the parties' 14 Joint Status Report and ORDERS that they shall submit a further joint status report by September 7, 2020. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 7/20/2020. (lcjeb3) (Entered: 07/20/2020)
2020-07-20Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 9/7/2020. (znbn) (Entered: 07/21/2020)
2020-09-0415Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. (Cirino, Paul) (Entered: 09/04/2020)
2020-09-04MINUTE ORDER: The Court ADOPTS the parties' 15 Joint Status Report and ORDERS that they shall file a further joint status report by October 7, 2020. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 09/04/2020. (lcjeb3) Modified on 9/4/2020 (znbn). (Entered: 09/04/2020)
2020-09-04Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 10/7/2020. (znbn) (Entered: 09/04/2020)
2020-10-0716Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. (Cirino, Paul) (Entered: 10/07/2020)
2020-10-07MINUTE ORDER: The Court ADOPTS the parties' 16 Joint Status Report and ORDERS that they shall file a further joint status report by December 7, 2020. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 10/07/2020. (lcjeb3) (Entered: 10/07/2020)
2020-10-07Set/Reset Deadlines: Status Report due by 12/7/2020. (znbn) (Entered: 10/08/2020)
2020-12-0717Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. (Cirino, Paul) (Entered: 12/07/2020)
2020-12-07MINUTE ORDER: The Court ADOPTS the parties' 17 Joint Status Report and ORDERS that they shall file a further joint status report by January 15, 2021. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 12/07/2020. (lcjeb3) (Entered: 12/07/2020)
2020-12-07Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 1/15/2021. (nbn) (Entered: 12/08/2020)
2021-01-1518Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. (Cirino, Paul) (Entered: 01/15/2021)
2021-01-15MINUTE ORDER: The Court ADOPTS the parties' 18 Joint Status Report and ORDERS that they shall file a further joint status report by February 5, 2021. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 1/15/2021. (lcjeb1) (Entered: 01/15/2021)
2021-01-15Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 2/5/2021. (nbn) (Entered: 01/19/2021)
2021-02-0519NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. (Lee, Eric) (Entered: 02/05/2021)
2021-02-05MINUTE ORDER: Per the parties' 19 Stipulation, the Court ORDERS that the case is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 2/5/2021. (lcjeb3) (Entered: 02/05/2021)
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