| Date Filed | Doc # | Docket Text |
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| 2023-12-01 | 1 | COMPLAINT against DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-10531982) filed by Ross Caputi. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons)(Quaranto, Lance) (Attachment 1 replaced on 12/5/2023) (zcb). (Entered: 12/01/2023) |
| 2023-12-05 | | Case Assigned to Judge Beryl A. Howell. (zcb) (Entered: 12/05/2023) |
| 2023-12-05 | 2 | SUMMONS (3) Issued Electronically as to DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachments: # 1 Notice and Consent)(zcb) (Entered: 12/05/2023) |
| 2023-12-07 | 3 | STANDING ORDER. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on December 7, 2023. (lcbah1) (Entered: 12/07/2023) |
| 2024-01-16 | 4 | Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer re 1 Complaint by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (Venguswamy, Kartik) (Entered: 01/16/2024) |
| 2024-01-17 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING defendant's 4 Consent Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to the Complaint, and DIRECTING defendant, by February 15, 2024, to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on January 17, 2024. (lcbah1) (Entered: 01/17/2024) |
| 2024-01-17 | 5 | NOTICE of Appearance by Daniel J. Stotter on behalf of ROSS CAPUTI (Stotter, Daniel) (Entered: 01/17/2024) |
| 2024-01-18 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Defendant Answer Or Otherwise Response To The Complaint due by 2/15/2024. (mac) (Entered: 01/18/2024) |
| 2024-02-12 | 6 | Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer re 1 Complaint by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (Venguswamy, Kartik) (Entered: 02/12/2024) |
| 2024-02-12 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING defendant's 6 Consent Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to the Complaint, and DIRECTING defendant, by March 18, 2024, to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on February 12, 2024. (lcbah1) (Entered: 02/12/2024) |
| 2024-02-13 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Defendant Answer Or Otherwise Response To The Complaint due by 3/18/2024. (mac) (Entered: 02/13/2024) |
| 2024-03-18 | 7 | ANSWER to Complaint by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.(Venguswamy, Kartik) (Entered: 03/18/2024) |
| 2024-04-08 | 8 | Joint STATUS REPORT by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (Venguswamy, Kartik) (Entered: 04/08/2024) |
| 2024-04-11 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless) DIRECTING the parties, upon consideration of their 8 Joint Status Report, to file, by June 4, 2024, a joint status report, advising the Court of the status of this matter. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on April 11, 2024. (lcbah1) (Entered: 04/11/2024) |
| 2024-04-12 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 6/4/2024. (zalh) (Entered: 04/12/2024) |
| 2024-06-04 | 9 | Joint STATUS REPORT by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (Venguswamy, Kartik) (Entered: 06/04/2024) |
| 2024-06-05 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless) DIRECTING the parties, upon consideration of their 9 Joint Status Report, to file, by August 6, 2024, a joint status report, advising the Court of the status of this matter. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on June 5, 2024. (lcbah1) (Entered: 06/05/2024) |
| 2024-06-06 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Parties Joint Status Report due by 8/6/2024. (mac) (Entered: 06/06/2024) |
| 2024-08-06 | 10 | Joint STATUS REPORT by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (Venguswamy, Kartik) (Entered: 08/06/2024) |
| 2024-08-07 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless) DIRECTING the parties, upon consideration of their 10 Joint Status Report, to file, by October 7, 2024, a joint status report, advising the Court of the status of this matter and proposing a production schedule for any responsive records. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on August 7, 2024. (lcbah1) (Entered: 08/07/2024) |
| 2024-08-08 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Parties Joint Status Report due by 10/7/2024. (mac) (Entered: 08/08/2024) |
| 2024-10-04 | 11 | Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Joint Status Report by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (Venguswamy, Kartik) (Entered: 10/04/2024) |
| 2024-10-10 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING defendant's 11 Consent Motion for an Extension of Time; and DIRECTING the parties to file by October 18, 2024, a joint status report, advising the Court on the status of this matter. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on October 10, 2024. (lcbah1) (Entered: 10/10/2024) |
| 2024-10-11 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Parties Joint Status Report due by 10/18/2024. (mac) (Entered: 10/11/2024) |
| 2024-10-13 | 12 | Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Joint Status Report by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (Venguswamy, Kartik) (Entered: 10/13/2024) |
| 2024-10-22 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING defendant's 12 Consent Motion for Extension of Time; and DIRECTING the parties to file a joint status report by October 25, 2024, advising the Court on the status of this matter. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on October 22, 2024. (lcbah1) (Entered: 10/22/2024) |
| 2024-10-23 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Parties Joint Status Report due by 10/25/2024 (mac) (Entered: 10/23/2024) |
| 2024-10-25 | 13 | Joint STATUS REPORT by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (Venguswamy, Kartik) (Entered: 10/25/2024) |
| 2024-10-25 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless), upon consideration of the parties' 13 Joint Status Report, DIRECTING the parties to submit a joint status report by January 3, 2025, advising the Court on the status of this matter. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on October 25, 2024. (lcbah1) (Entered: 10/25/2024) |
| 2024-10-28 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Parties Joint Status Report due by 1/3/2025. (mac) (Entered: 10/28/2024) |
| 2025-01-03 | 14 | Joint STATUS REPORT by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (Venguswamy, Kartik) (Entered: 01/03/2025) |
| 2025-01-06 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless), upon consideration of the parties' 14 Joint Status Report, DIRECTING the parties to file a joint status report by February 18, 2025, advising the Court of the status of this matter. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on January 6, 2025. (lcbah1) (Entered: 01/06/2025) |
| 2025-01-07 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Parties Joint Status Report due by 2/18/2025. (mac) (Entered: 01/07/2025) |
| 2025-02-18 | 15 | STATUS REPORT by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (Venguswamy, Kartik) (Entered: 02/18/2025) |
| 2025-02-19 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless), upon consideration of the defendant's 15 Status Report indicating that the parties' efforts to narrow the FOIA request at issue has had limited success and would still require processing over a period of up to three years, DIRECTING that (a) by March 28, 2025, plaintiff file a status report explaining (i) the failure to respond timely to defendant's inquiries in order for a joint status report to be submitted, in accordance with the Court's order, and (ii) why further narrowing of the FOIA request to reduce the processing time is not possible; and (b) by May 2, 2025, the parties file a joint status report that includes a description as what aspects of the search, i.e., locations, terms, scope, etc., are generating the most volumes of responsive records with the result that the processing may take up to three years and identifies suggestions for narrowing the search that have been rejected by plaintiff. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on February 19, 2025. (lcbah1) (Entered: 02/19/2025) |
| 2025-02-20 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Plaintiff Status Report due by 3/28/2025. Parties Joint Status Report due by 5/2/2025. (mac) (Entered: 02/20/2025) |
| 2025-02-28 | 16 | NOTICE of Appearance by Charles Woodward, IV on behalf of ROSS CAPUTI (Woodward, Charles) (Entered: 02/28/2025) |
| 2025-03-03 | 17 | NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL by Lance Quaranto on behalf of ROSS CAPUTI Substituting for attorney Lance Quaranto (Quaranto, Lance) (Entered: 03/03/2025) |
| 2025-03-03 | | RESOLVED.....NOTICE of Provisional/Government Not Certified Status re 17 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL by Lance Quaranto on behalf of ROSS CAPUTI Substituting for attorney Lance Quaranto (Quaranto, Lance). Your attorney renewal/government certification has not been received. As a result, your membership with the U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Columbia is not in good standing, and you are not permitted to file. Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 83.9, you must immediately correct your membership status by following the appropriate instructions on this page of our website: https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/attorney-renewal. Please be advised that the presiding judge in this case has been notified that you are currently not in good standing to file in this court. Renewal Due by 3/10/2025. (zhcn) Modified on 3/5/2025 (zhcn). (Entered: 03/04/2025) |
| 2025-03-18 | 18 | STATUS REPORT by ROSS CAPUTI. (Stotter, Daniel) (Entered: 03/18/2025) |
| 2025-05-02 | 19 | Joint STATUS REPORT by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (Venguswamy, Kartik) (Entered: 05/02/2025) |
| 2025-05-05 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless), upon consideration of the parties' 19 Joint Status Report, in which defendant estimates processing responsive records for six years, directing the parties to file a joint status report by July 11, 2025, advising the Court of the status of this matter, including, but not limited to addressing: (a) the number of pages per month defendant plans to process such that the duration of processing is estimated to take six years; (b) a detailed description of what aspects of the search, i.e., locations, terms, time period covered, scope, etc., are generating the most volumes of responsive records; and (c) efforts by the parties to narrow the search so that processing can be completed more expeditiously, with explanations for why each narrowing proposal has been rejected. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on May 5, 2025. (lcbah1) (Entered: 05/05/2025) |
| 2025-05-06 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Parties Joint Status Report due by 7/11/2025 (mac) (Entered: 05/06/2025) |
| 2025-07-12 | 20 | Joint STATUS REPORT by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (Venguswamy, Kartik) (Entered: 07/12/2025) |
| 2025-07-24 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless), upon consideration of the parties' 20 Joint Status Report ("JSR"), stating that defendant's search identified "approximately eleven thousand pages" of records and "the total time to review the records" will take "approximately four years," JSR at 1-2, DIRECTING the parties to appear in Courtroom 26A on August 8, 2025, at 9:30AM EST for an in-person status conference. Parties should be prepared to answer questions and provide concrete steps to facilitate the "just, speedy, and inexpensive," Fed. R. Civ. P. 1, resolution of this matter. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 24, 2025. (lcbah1) (Entered: 07/24/2025) |
| 2025-07-25 | | Set/Reset Hearings: Status Conference set for 8/8/2025 at 9:30 AM in Courtroom 26A- In Person before Judge Beryl A. Howell. (mac) (Entered: 07/25/2025) |
| 2025-07-25 | 21 | MOTION for Leave to Appear by Telephone or Video by ROSS CAPUTI. (Woodward, Charles) (Entered: 07/25/2025) |
| 2025-07-30 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless) GRANTING plaintiff's 21 Unopposed Motion for Video or Telephonic Appearance. Directions to appear remotely via video teleconference will be provided. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 30, 2025. (lcbah1) (Entered: 07/30/2025) |
| 2025-08-08 | | Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Beryl A. Howell: Status Conference held on 8/8/2025. Parties Joint Status Report due by 9/2/2025. (Court Reporter ELIZABETH DAVILA.) (mac) (Entered: 08/08/2025) |
| 2025-08-08 | | MINUTE ORDER (paperless), upon consideration of the parties' 20 Joint Status Report and representations made during the in-person status conference on August 8, 2025, DIRECTING the parties to file a joint status report by September 2, 2025, advising the Court of the status of this matter, including, but not limited to: (a) the precise number of documents produced plaintiff so far in response to the FOIA requests at issue in this case; (b) the results of the conferral process between the parties about defendant's proposed processing procedure described at the hearing that will shorten the processing of documents responsive to plaintiffs request from four to six years to eighteen months or less; and (c) if defendants proposed processing procedure is rejected for any reason by plaintiff, that plaintiff provide a detailed explanation for such rejection, with caselaw support for the position taken by plaintiff's counsel. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on August 8, 2025. (lcbah1) (Entered: 08/08/2025) |
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