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Case TitleHUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
DistrictDistrict of Columbia
CityWashington, DC
Case Number1:2015cv01208
Date Filed2015-07-24
Date Closed2018-10-12
JudgeJudge Rudolph Contreras
PlaintiffHUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP
Case DescriptionThe law firm of Hunton & Williams submitted a FOIA request to the Department of the Army for records concerning the decision by the EPA to make a determination on a request by Saltworks, operator of a salt plant in Redwood, CA, for an Approved Jurisdictional Determination under the Clean Water Act rather than the more common process of having the Corps of Engineers make the determination on the EPA's behalf. After the agency failed to respond, Hunton & Williams filed suit.
Complaint issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Adequacy - Search, Litigation - Vaughn index, Litigation - Attorney's fees

DefendantU.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
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2015-07-241COMPLAINT against U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0090-4187510) filed by HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A: EPA Email 10/30/2012, # 2 Exhibit B: Legal Principles 1/9/2014, # 3 Exhibit C: Supplement to Legal Principles 3/25/2014, # 4 Exhibit D: EPA Memo 5/30/2014, # 5 Exhibit E: FOIA 3/19/2015, # 6 Civil Cover Sheet, # 7 Summons Army, # 8 Summons DOJ, # 9 Summons U.S. Attorney)(Duncan, Deidre) (Entered: 07/24/2015)
2015-07-242LCvR 7.1 CERTIFICATE OF DISCLOSURE of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interests by HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP (Duncan, Deidre) (Entered: 07/24/2015)
2015-07-24Case Assigned to Judge Reggie B. Walton. (rd) (Entered: 07/27/2015)
2015-07-283SUMMONS (3) Issued Electronically as to U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachments: # 1 Consent Form, # 2 Notice of Consent)(rd) (Entered: 07/28/2015)
2015-08-044NOTICE of Appearance by John Eliot Beerbower on behalf of HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP (Beerbower, John) (Entered: 08/04/2015)
2015-08-055RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY served on 8/4/2015 (Beerbower, John) (Entered: 08/05/2015)
2015-08-056RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed on United States Attorney General. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney General August 4, 2015. (Beerbower, John) (Entered: 08/05/2015)
2015-08-057RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to the United States Attorney. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney on 8/4/2015. Answer due for ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS by 9/3/2015. (Beerbower, John) (Entered: 08/05/2015)
2015-08-198NOTICE of Appearance by Derrick Wayne Grace on behalf of U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (Grace, Derrick) (Entered: 08/19/2015)
2015-08-209NOTICE of Appearance by George P. Sibley, III on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Sibley, George) (Entered: 08/20/2015)
2015-08-2710Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer or otherwise respond by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Grace, Derrick) (Entered: 08/27/2015)
2015-08-27MINUTE ORDER granting 10 Consent Motion for Enlargement of Time. For good cause shown, and in light of the parties' consent, it is hereby ordered that the Consent Motion for Enlargement of Time is GRANTED and the defendant shall answer or otherwise respond to the plaintiff's complaint on or before October 3, 2015. Signed by Judge Reggie B. Walton on 8/27/2015. (lcrbw3, ) (Entered: 08/27/2015)
2015-09-01Set/Reset Deadlines: Answer due by 10/3/2015, (mpt) (Entered: 09/01/2015)
2015-09-2811MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer and Notice of Related Cases by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (Grace, Derrick) (Entered: 09/28/2015)
2015-09-2812NOTICE OF RELATED CASE by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. Case related to Case No. 15-1203 RC and 15-1207 RJL; (See docket entry no. 11 to view document) (td) (Entered: 09/29/2015)
2015-10-1313RESPONSE re 11 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer and Notice of Related Cases (Plaintiff's Opposition to Motion to Enlarge) filed by HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP. (Sibley, George) (Entered: 10/13/2015)
2015-10-1614MINUTE ORDER concerning Consolidation of Cases: This action has been consolidated with Hunton & Williams LLP v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Case No. 15-cv-1203. See attached document for details. It is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file all future documents under Case No. 15-cv-1203. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Rudolph Contreras on 10/15/2015. (lcrc2) (Entered: 10/16/2015)
2015-10-1615Case directly reassigned to Judge Rudolph Contreras as related to CA 15-1203. Judge Reggie B. Walton no longer assigned to the case. (ztnr) (Entered: 10/19/2015)
2015-11-0516ENTERED IN ERROR.....Joint STATUS REPORT Proposed Briefing Schedule by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. (Grace, Derrick) Modified on 11/6/2015 (ztnr). (Entered: 11/05/2015)
2015-11-06NOTICE OF DOCKET ENTRY FOR CORRECTION: 16 Status Report was entered in error and counsel is instructed to refile in 15-cv-1203(RC). Please note- all future filings should be made in 15-cv-1203(RC). (ztnr) (Entered: 11/06/2015)
2015-11-09MINUTE ORDER denying as moot 11 Defendant's Motion for Extension of Time to File Answer and Notice of Related Cases: This case has been consolidated under lead Case No. 15-cv-1203, in which Defendant has since filed its Answer in this action. See Docket Entry No. 16 in Case No. 15-cv-1203. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Defendant's motion is denied as moot. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Rudolph Contreras on 11/09/2015. (lcrc2) (Entered: 11/09/2015)
2016-02-09Set/Reset Deadlines: Cross Motions due by 3/7/2016. Response to Cross Motions due by 3/21/2016. Reply to Cross Motions due by 4/4/2016. Response to Motion for Summary Judgment due by 3/7/2016. Reply to Motion for Summary Judgment due by 3/21/2016. (tj) (Entered: 02/09/2016)
2017-06-2717NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL by Shanna Laura Cronin on behalf of U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Substituting for attorney Derrick Grace (Cronin, Shanna) (Entered: 06/27/2017)
2018-05-0818NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL by Jeremy Allen Haugh on behalf of U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Substituting for attorney Shanna Cronin (Haugh, Jeremy) (Entered: 05/08/2018)
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