Skip to content

Case Detail

[Subscribe to updates]
Case TitleROYCE v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DistrictDistrict of Columbia
CityWashington, DC
Case Number1:2019cv03319
Date Filed2019-11-04
Date Closed2019-12-07
JudgeJudge Amy Berman Jackson
PlaintiffSYLVIA ROYCE
Case DescriptionSylvia Royce, an attorney specializing in international prisoner transfer, submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Justice for records concerning the approvals and denials of international prisoner transfer applications. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request. After hearing nothing further from the agency, Royce filed suit.
Complaint issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation - Vaughn index

DefendantUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Documents
Docket
Complaint
Complaint attachment 1
Complaint attachment 2
User-contributed Documents
 
Docket Events (Hide)
Date FiledDoc #Docket Text

2019-11-041COMPLAINT Royce against UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number ADCDC-6504690) filed by Sylvia A Royce. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons)(Royce, Sylvia) (Entered: 11/04/2019)
2019-11-05Case assigned to Judge Amy Berman Jackson. (zmc) (Entered: 11/05/2019)
2019-11-052SUMMONS (3) Issued Electronically as to UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachment: # 1 Notice and Consent)(zmc) (Entered: 11/05/2019)
2019-12-033NOTICE of Appearance by Marsha Wellknown Yee on behalf of UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Yee, Marsha) (Entered: 12/03/2019)
2019-12-044Unopposed MOTION to Dismiss voluntarily by SYLVIA ROYCE (Royce, Sylvia) (Entered: 12/04/2019)
2019-12-05MINUTE ORDER granting 4 Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 12/5/2019. (lcabj2) (Entered: 12/05/2019)
Hide Docket Events
by FOIA Project Staff
Skip to toolbar