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| 2024-07-24 | 1 | COMPLAINT against U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-11048859) filed by JUDICIAL WATCH, INC.. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons Department of Health and Human Services, # 3 Summons US Atty for DC, # 4 Summons US Atty General)(Orfanedes, Paul) (Attachment 1 replaced on 7/25/2024) (znmw). (Entered: 07/24/2024) |
| 2024-07-24 | 2 | LCvR 26.1 CERTIFICATE OF DISCLOSURE of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interests by JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. (Orfanedes, Paul) (Entered: 07/24/2024) |
| 2024-07-25 | | Case Assigned to Judge Ana C. Reyes. (znmw) (Entered: 07/25/2024) |
| 2024-07-25 | 3 | SUMMONS (3) Issued Electronically as to U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachments: # 1 Notice and Consent)(znmw) (Entered: 07/25/2024) |
| 2024-08-14 | 4 | RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to the United States Attorney. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney on 7/30/2024. ( Answer due for ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS by 8/29/2024.), RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed on United States Attorney General. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney General 8/7/2024., RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES served on 8/7/2024 (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Cristina Rotaru)(Peterson, James) (Entered: 08/14/2024) |
| 2024-08-22 | 5 | Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer re 1 Complaint, by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Escher, Sam) (Entered: 08/22/2024) |
| 2024-08-23 | 6 | STANDING ORDER. The Court hereby ORDERS the parties to comply with its Standing Order. See Standing Order for details. Signed by Judge Ana C. Reyes on 08/23/2024. (lcacr1) (Entered: 08/23/2024) |
| 2024-08-23 | | MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of Defendant's 5 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Complaint, the Court GRANTS the Motion. Defendant shall respond to the Complaint on or before September 26, 2024. Signed by Judge Ana C. Reyes on 08/23/2024. (lcacr1) (Entered: 08/23/2024) |
| 2024-09-26 | 7 | ANSWER to Complaint by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.(Escher, Sam) (Entered: 09/26/2024) |
| 2024-09-27 | | MINUTE ORDER. Plaintiff filed this Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) action on July 24, 2024. Dkt. 1 . Defendant filed its Answer on September 26, 2024. Dkt. 7 . Cases filed under FOIA are exempt from the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and Local Civil Rule 16.3. See LCvR 16.3(b)(10). Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS the parties to meet and confer and file a joint status report on or before October 11, 2024. The joint status report should address, among other things, (1) the status of Plaintiff's FOIA requests; (2) the anticipated number of documents responsive to Plaintiff's FOIA requests; (3) the anticipated date(s) for release of those documents; and (4) whether a motion for a stay under Open America v. Watergate Special Prosecution Force , 547 F.2d 605 (D.C. Cir. 1976), is likely. As set forth in Section 5(d) of the Court's Standing Order, if the parties agree on a proposed schedule for submitting a further joint status report, they should assume that the Court approves the proposed date unless the Court enters an order to the contrary. Counsel shall not contact Chambers directly concerning scheduling or other matters, as Chambers personnel will not handle questions relating to the status or scheduling of pending matters, except in case of an emergency. In an emergency, Chambers can be reached at (202) 354-3350. Signed by Judge Ana C. Reyes on 9/27/2024. (lcacr1) (Entered: 09/27/2024) |
| 2024-09-27 | | Set/Reset Deadlines: Status Report due by 10/11/2024 (zjch, ) (Entered: 09/27/2024) |
| 2024-10-11 | 8 | Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. (Escher, Sam) (Entered: 10/11/2024) |
| 2024-12-11 | 9 | Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. (Escher, Sam) (Entered: 12/11/2024) |
| 2025-02-10 | 10 | Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. (Escher, Sam) (Entered: 02/10/2025) |
| 2025-04-11 | 11 | Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. (Escher, Sam) (Entered: 04/11/2025) |
| 2025-06-10 | 12 | Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. (Escher, Sam) (Entered: 06/10/2025) |
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