| Date Filed | Doc # | Docket Text |
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| 2023-03-02 | 1 | COMPLAINT against United States Customs and Border Protection, United States Department of Homeland Security Filing fee: $ 402, receipt number AMADC-9740633 (Fee Status: Filing Fee paid), filed by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Lawyers for Civil Rights. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2, # 3 Exhibit 3, # 4 Exhibit 4, # 5 Exhibit 5, # 6 Civil Cover Sheet, # 7 Category Form)(Lecaroz, Rebecca) (Entered: 03/02/2023) |
| 2023-03-02 | 2 | MOTION for Order to to set deadline for defendants' response to complaint in accordance with FOIA, 5 U.S.C. sec. 552(A)(4)(C) by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Lawyers for Civil Rights.(Lecaroz, Rebecca) (Entered: 03/02/2023) |
| 2023-03-02 | 3 | ELECTRONIC NOTICE of Case Assignment. Judge Richard G. Stearns assigned to case. If the trial Judge issues an Order of Reference of any matter in this case to a Magistrate Judge, the matter will be transmitted to Magistrate Judge Paul G. Levenson. (Finn, Mary) (Entered: 03/02/2023) |
| 2023-03-02 | 4 | Summons Issued as to All Defendants. Counsel receiving this notice electronically should download this summons, complete one for each defendant and serve it in accordance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 4 and LR 4.1. Summons will be mailed to plaintiff(s) not receiving notice electronically for completion of service. (Quilter, Madison) (Entered: 03/02/2023) |
| 2023-03-03 | 5 | Judge Richard G. Stearns: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered granting 2 MOTION for Order to set deadline for defendants' response to complaint in accordance with FOIA, 5 U.S.C. sec. 552(A)(4)(C). (Pacho, Arnold) (Entered: 03/03/2023) |
| 2023-03-10 | 6 | NOTICE of Appearance by Mirian Albert on behalf of Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Lawyers for Civil Rights (Albert, Mirian) (Entered: 03/10/2023) |
| 2023-03-22 | 7 | NOTICE of Appearance by Erin E. Brizius on behalf of United States Customs and Border Protection, United States Department of Homeland Security (Brizius, Erin) (Entered: 03/22/2023) |
| 2023-03-22 | 8 | NOTICE of Appearance by Kyle Philip Dorso on behalf of Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Lawyers for Civil Rights (Dorso, Kyle) (Entered: 03/22/2023) |
| 2023-04-06 | 9 | AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE Executed by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project. United States Customs and Border Protection served on 3/15/2023, answer due 4/5/2023; United States Department of Homeland Security served on 3/15/2023, answer due 4/5/2023. Acknowledgement filed by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Dorso, Kyle) (Entered: 04/06/2023) |
| 2023-04-13 | 10 | ANSWER to 1 Complaint, by United States Customs and Border Protection, United States Department of Homeland Security.(Brizius, Erin) (Entered: 04/13/2023) |
| 2023-04-14 | 11 | Judge Richard G. Stearns: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered. Defendants, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, having filed an Answer to plaintiffs' Complaint regarding their request made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552, the court asks the parties to submit a joint proposed briefing schedule by 4/28/23. (Zierk, Marsha) (Entered: 04/14/2023) |
| 2023-04-27 | 12 | Recommendations for Scheduling Order (JOINT) . (Brizius, Erin) (Entered: 04/27/2023) |
| 2023-04-28 | 13 | Judge Richard G. Stearns: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered. Consistent with the parties' joint proposal, the court will defer setting a briefing schedule and permit the government to produce responsive documents to plaintiffs' FOIA request, with an initial production on May 17, 2023. The parties will file a status report on June 15, 2023, and every 30 days thereafter. The court declines to set a status conference without present need. The court expects that the government's production of appropriate documents be completed by November 3, 2023, and that, if necessary, a joint briefing schedule be submitted to the court no later than November 10, 2023. (Zierk, Marsha) (Entered: 04/28/2023) |
| 2023-06-06 | 14 | NOTICE of Appearance by Rayford A. Farquhar on behalf of United States Customs and Border Protection, United States Department of Homeland Security (Farquhar, Rayford) (Entered: 06/06/2023) |
| 2023-06-07 | 15 | NOTICE of Withdrawal of Appearance by Erin E. Brizius (Brizius, Erin) (Entered: 06/07/2023) |
| 2023-06-15 | 16 | STATUS REPORT Joint Status Report by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project. (Lecaroz, Rebecca) (Entered: 06/15/2023) |
| 2023-07-14 | 17 | STATUS REPORT Joint Status Report by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project. (Lecaroz, Rebecca) (Entered: 07/14/2023) |
| 2023-08-15 | 18 | STATUS REPORT Joint Status Report by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project. (Lecaroz, Rebecca) (Entered: 08/15/2023) |
| 2023-09-15 | 19 | STATUS REPORT /Joint Status Report by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project. (Lecaroz, Rebecca) (Entered: 09/15/2023) |
| 2023-10-13 | 20 | STATUS REPORT Joint Status Report by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project. (Lecaroz, Rebecca) (Entered: 10/13/2023) |
| 2023-10-24 | 21 | NOTICE of Appearance by Michael P. Sady on behalf of United States Customs and Border Protection, United States Department of Homeland Security (Sady, Michael) (Entered: 10/24/2023) |
| 2023-10-31 | 22 | NOTICE of Withdrawal of Appearance by Rayford A. Farquhar (Farquhar, Rayford) (Entered: 10/31/2023) |
| 2023-11-10 | 23 | STATUS REPORT /Joint Status Report and Motion to Defer Briefing Schedule by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Lawyers for Civil Rights. (Lecaroz, Rebecca) (Entered: 11/10/2023) |
| 2023-12-15 | 24 | STATUS REPORT /Joint Status Report by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Lawyers for Civil Rights. (Lecaroz, Rebecca) (Entered: 12/15/2023) |
| 2024-01-12 | 25 | STATUS REPORT /Joint Status Report by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Lawyers for Civil Rights. (Lecaroz, Rebecca) (Entered: 01/12/2024) |
| 2024-01-12 | 26 | STATUS REPORT /Amended Joint Status Report by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Lawyers for Civil Rights. (Lecaroz, Rebecca) (Entered: 01/12/2024) |
| 2024-02-15 | 27 | STATUS REPORT /Joint Status Report by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Lawyers for Civil Rights. (Lecaroz, Rebecca) (Entered: 02/15/2024) |
| 2024-03-15 | 28 | STATUS REPORT /Joint Status Report by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Lawyers for Civil Rights. (Lecaroz, Rebecca) (Entered: 03/15/2024) |
| 2024-03-19 | 29 | Judge Richard G. Stearns: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered. In April of 2023, the parties asked the court to defer setting a schedule in this case as they had reached an agreement on review protocol. Since that time the parties have submitted Joint Status Reports while they cooperatively attempt to satisfy this FOIA request. Accordingly, the court will administratively STAY this case until the parties are satisfied with the cooperative process or require court intervention. (Zierk, Marsha) (Entered: 03/19/2024) |
| 2024-03-19 | | Judge Richard G. Stearns: ORDER entered. Case stayed. (McManus, Caetlin) (Entered: 03/19/2024) |
| 2025-02-05 | 30 | Judge Richard G. Stearns: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered. This matter has been STAYED for nearly a year (since March 19, 2024). At that time, defendants had begun their review of responsive emails between the years 2016 and 2020, and anticipated making their first production pursuant to requests (defendants' second production in this case) on or about March 29, 2024. As this FOIA case was filed in March of 2023, the court intends to remove the stay and institute a schedule to enable the parties to complete this matter within the next sixty days. The court asks for a proposed schedule to be filed no later than February 14, 2025. (Zierk, Marsha) (Entered: 02/05/2025) |
| 2025-02-14 | 31 | Recommendations for Scheduling Order . (Sady, Michael) (Entered: 02/14/2025) |
| 2025-02-18 | 32 | Judge Richard G. Stearns: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered re 31 Recommendations for Scheduling Order. Given the parties' representation that "there likely will be a resolution of the case without the need for further litigation once the final production is served on Plaintiffs," Dkt # 31 at 2, the court will retain the stay through June 5, 2025. Status reports are due every 60 days while the stay remains in effect.(RGS, law3) (Entered: 02/18/2025) |
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