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Case TitleGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & OVERSIGHT v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
DistrictDistrict of Columbia
CityWashington, DC
Case Number1:2023cv03449
Date Filed2023-11-16
Date Closed2024-08-28
JudgeJudge Rudolph Contreras
PlaintiffGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & OVERSIGHT
Case DescriptionGovernment Accountability & Oversight submitted three FOIA requests to the SEC for records concerning emails to and from various officials. The agency acknowledged receipt of the requests but after hearing nothing further from the agency GAO filed suit
Complaint issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation - Attorney's fees

DefendantSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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2023-11-161COMPLAINT Under the Freedom of Information Act against SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number ADCDC-10500466) filed by GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & OVERSIGHT. (Attachments: # 1 Summons, # 2 Summons, # 3 Summons, # 4 Civil Cover Sheet, # 5 Exhibit A (FOIA request), # 6 Exhibit B (email), # 7 Exhibit C (email), # 8 Exhibit D (email))(Hardin, Matthew) (Entered: 11/16/2023)
2023-11-162NOTICE of Appearance by Christopher Cochran Horner on behalf of GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & OVERSIGHT (Horner, Christopher) (Entered: 11/16/2023)
2023-11-17Case Assigned to Judge John D. Bates. (zdp) (Entered: 11/17/2023)
2023-11-173SUMMONS (3) Issued Electronically as to SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachments: # 1 Notice and Consent)(zdp) (Entered: 11/17/2023)
2023-11-174NOTICE OF RELATED CASE by GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & OVERSIGHT. Case related to Case No. 1:23-cv-3268. (Hardin, Matthew) (Entered: 11/17/2023)
2023-11-205Case directly reassigned to Judge Rudolph Contreras as there is an earlier related case. Judge John D. Bates is no longer assigned to the case. (rj) (Entered: 11/21/2023)
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