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Case TitleWild Virginia et al v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service
DistrictWestern District of Virginia
CityCharlottesville
Case Number3:2020cv00051
Date Filed2020-08-26
Date Closed2020-09-25
JudgeSenior Judge Norman K. Moon
PlaintiffWild Virginia a Virginia nonstock corporation
PlaintiffDavid Sligh
Case DescriptionWild Virginia submitted a FOIA request to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for records concerning an updated technical analysis of potential project-related sedimentation. Wild Virginia also requested expedited processing. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request. The agency denied the request under Exemption 4 (confidential business information). Wild Virginia filed an administrative appeal. After hearing nothing further from the agency, Wild Virginia filed suit.
Complaint issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Segregability - Disclosure of all non-exempt records, Litigation - Attorney's fees

DefendantUnited States Fish & Wildlife Service
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2020-08-261COMPLAINT against United States Fish & Wildlife Service (Filing & Administrative fee $ 400. Receipt number 0423-3471662), filed by Wild Virginia, David Sligh. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D, # 5 Exhibit E, # 6 Exhibit F, # 7 Civil Cover Sheet)(dg) (Entered: 08/27/2020)
2020-08-262Negative Corporate Disclosure Statement by Wild Virginia (dg) (Entered: 08/27/2020)
2020-08-273Electronic Summons Issued as to United States Fish & Wildlife Service NOTICE TO COUNSEL: Please print copies of the electronically issued summons for each defendant as necessary to effectuate service under Fed. R. Civ. P. 4. (dg)
2020-09-21IMPORTANT NOTICE: The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia (WDVA) will be going live on the Next Generation of CM/ECF (NextGen CM/ECF) Tuesday, October 13, 2020 . Preparing for NextGen CM/ECF is a two-step process. Step One is that each attorney must upgrade their individual PACER account, no shared accounts within firms will be allowed. Check and see if your PACER account is an "Upgraded" PACER account. Many PACER accounts have already been upgraded. If any of the following is true, you have an upgraded PACER account and no action is required until after the VAWD NextGen CM/ECF upgrade on October 13, 2020: 1) You have an upgraded PACER account for another NextGen Court or 2) Your PACER account was created after August 10, 2014. If none of these are true, you must upgrade your legacy PACER account before you will be able to link your PACER account to your VAWD CM/ECF account for your new NextGen CM/ECF account. Click here to learn how to upgrade your PACER Account. If you still have questions regarding your PACER account, please contact the PACER Service Center 800- 676-6856. Complete information regarding the WDVA NextGen CM/ECF implementation can be found at NextGen Information . (mzc) (ADI)
2020-09-254NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by David Sligh, Wild Virginia (Johns, Evan)
2020-09-255ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT Prejudice. Signed by Senior Judge Norman K. Moon on 09/25/2020. (dg)
2020-09-29IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Western District of Virginia will be going live on NextGen CM/ECF Tuesday, October 13, 2020 . This is a Two-Step process. In Step one each attorney was to make sure they had an upgraded individual PACER account. Now in preparation for Step Two please make sure you know your VAWD CM/ECF username and password . Please manually log in to the VAWD CM/ECF system at ht tps://ecf.vawd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl to make sure you know your current VAWD CM/ECF username and password. (do not rely on the auto-populating in your browser, because you will have to manually enter your CM/ECF username and password during the linking process after we go live on NextGen.) If you do not know your username or password please email ecf@vawd.uscourts.gov and include your bar# and contact phone#. (ADI) (mzc)
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