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Case TitleHUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP v. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
DistrictDistrict of Columbia
CityWashington, DC
Case Number1:2015cv01207
Date Filed2015-07-24
Date Closed2018-10-12
JudgeJudge Rudolph Contreras
PlaintiffHUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP
Case DescriptionThe law firm of Hunton & Williams submitted four FOIA requests to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for records concerning the decision by the EPA to make the determination on a request by Saltworks, operator of a salt plant in Redwood, CA, for an Approved Jurisdictional Determination under the Clean Water Act rather than the more common process of having the Corps of Engineers make the determination on the EPA's behalf. After the agency failed to respond to any of its requests, Hunton & Williams filed suit.
Complaint issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Adequacy - Search, Litigation - Vaughn index, Litigation - Attorney's fees

DefendantU.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
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2015-07-241COMPLAINT against U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0090-4187354) filed by HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A: EPA Email 10/30/2012, # 2 Exhibit B: Legal Principles 1/9/2014, # 3 Exhibit C: Supplement to Legal Principles 3/25/2014, # 4 Exhibit D: EPA Memo 5/30/2014, # 5 Exhibit E: FOIA 5/30/2014, # 6 Exhibit F: FOIA 9/19/2014, # 7 Exhibit G: FOIA 3/19/2015, # 8 Exhibit H: FOIA 6/12/2015, # 9 Civil Cover Sheet, # 10 Summons Corps of Engineers, # 11 Summons DOJ, # 12 Summons U.S. Attorney)(Duncan, Deidre) (Entered: 07/24/2015)
2015-07-242LCvR 7.1 CERTIFICATE OF DISCLOSURE of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interests by HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP (Duncan, Deidre) (Entered: 07/24/2015)
2015-07-24Case Assigned to Judge Richard J. Leon. (md) (Entered: 07/24/2015)
2015-07-273SUMMONS (3) Issued Electronically as to U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachments: # 1 Notice of Consent) (md) (Entered: 07/27/2015)
2015-07-274STANDING ORDER. Signed by Judge Richard J. Leon on 7/27/15. (lcrjl3, ) (Entered: 07/27/2015)
2015-08-045NOTICE of Appearance by John Eliot Beerbower on behalf of HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP (Beerbower, John) (Entered: 08/04/2015)
2015-08-056RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS served on 7/31/2015 (Beerbower, John) Modified date of service on 8/6/2015 (znmw). (Entered: 08/05/2015)
2015-08-057RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed on United States Attorney General. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney General August 3, 2015. (Beerbower, John) (Entered: 08/05/2015)
2015-08-058RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to the United States Attorney. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney on 8/3/2015. Answer due for ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS by 9/2/2015. (Beerbower, John) (Entered: 08/05/2015)
2015-08-199NOTICE of Appearance by Derrick Wayne Grace on behalf of U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (Grace, Derrick) (Entered: 08/19/2015)
2015-08-2010NOTICE of Appearance by George P. Sibley, III on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Sibley, George) (Entered: 08/20/2015)
2015-08-2711Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer or otherwise respond by U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Grace, Derrick) (Entered: 08/27/2015)
2015-08-28MINUTE ORDER granting defendant's 11 Consent Motion for Enlargement of Time. It is hereby ORDERED that defendant's motion is GRANTED. It is further ORDERED that defendant has up to and including October 2, 2015 in which to answer or otherwise respond to plaintiff's complaint. Signed by Judge Richard J. Leon on 8/28/15. (lcrjl3, ) (Entered: 08/28/2015)
2015-08-31Set/Reset Deadlines: Answer due by 10/2/2015. (tb) (Entered: 08/31/2015)
2015-09-2812MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer and Notice of Related Cases by U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (Grace, Derrick) (Entered: 09/28/2015)
2015-09-2813NOTICE OF RELATED CASE by U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. Case related to Case Nos. 15cv1203 and 15cv1208. (See Docket Entry 12 to view document). (znmw) (Entered: 09/29/2015)
2015-10-01MINUTE ORDER granting defendant's 12 Motion for Enlargement of Time to Answer or Otherwise Respond. It is hereby ORDERED that defendant's motion is GRANTED. It is further ORDERED that defendant shall file an answer or otherwise respond to plaintiff's complaint no later than seven (7) days after a decision is reached on defendant's Motion to Consolidate that is pending in Hunton and Williams v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Civ. No. 15-1203 (RC). Signed by Judge Richard J. Leon on 10/1/15. (lcrjl3, ) (Entered: 10/01/2015)
2015-10-1614ORDER concerning Consolidation of Cases: This action has been consolidated with Hunton & Williams LLP v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Case No. 15-cv-1203. See attached document for details. It is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file all future documents under Case No. 15-cv-1203. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Rudolph Contreras on 10/15/2015. (lcrc2) Modified event title on 10/19/2015 (znmw). (Entered: 10/16/2015)
2015-10-1615Case directly reassigned to Judge Rudolph Contreras as related to CA 15-1203. Judge Richard J. Leon no longer assigned to the case. (ztnr) (Entered: 10/19/2015)
2016-06-17Set/Reset Deadlines: Cross Motions due by 8/12/2016. Response to Cross Motions due by 9/1/2016. Reply to Cross Motions due by 9/16/2016. Summary Judgment motions due by 7/13/2016. Response to Motion for Summary Judgment due by 8/12/2016. Reply to Motion for Summary Judgment due by 9/1/2016. (tj) (Entered: 06/17/2016)
2017-06-2716NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL by Shanna Laura Cronin on behalf of U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS Substituting for attorney Derrick Grace (Cronin, Shanna) (Entered: 06/27/2017)
2018-05-0817NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL by Jeremy Allen Haugh on behalf of U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS Substituting for attorney Shanna Cronin (Haugh, Jeremy) (Entered: 05/08/2018)
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