SWEIGERT v. U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH et al
District
District of Columbia
City
Washington, DC
Case Number
1:2023cv03446
Date Filed
2023-11-14
Date Closed
Open
Judge
Unassigned
Plaintiff
D. G. SWEIGERT
Case Description
D.G. Sweigert submitted a FOIA request to the National Institute of Health for records concerning his criticism of the NIH. This case seems to have been transferred from the Southern District of New York where Sweigert's original suit was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Complaint issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation - Attorney's fees
Defendant
U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
Defendant
LAWRENCE A. TABAK D.D.S., Ph.D agency director in official and personal capacities
Defendant
LAWRENCE A. TABAK D.D.S., Ph.D agency director in official and personal capacities TERMINATED: 01/09/2024
COMPLAINT against Lawrence A. Tabak, U.S. National Institute of Health. Document filed by D. G. Sweigert. (sac) [Transferred from New York Southern on 11/21/2023.] (Entered: 10/31/2023)
2023-10-29
Case Designated ECF. (sac) [Transferred from New York Southern on 11/21/2023.] (Entered: 10/31/2023)
2023-11-01
NOTICE OF CASE REASSIGNMENT - SUA SPONTE to Judge Laura Taylor Swain. Judge Unassigned is no longer assigned to the case. (vba) [Transferred from New York Southern on 11/21/2023.] (Entered: 11/01/2023)
2023-11-07
2
TRANSFER ORDER: The Clerk of Court is directed to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Whether Plaintiff should be permitted to proceed further without prepayment of fees is a determination to be made by the transferee court. A summons shall not issue from this Court. This order closes this case. The Court certifies, pursuant to 28 U.S.C § 1915(a)(3), that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith, and therefore in forma pauperis status is denied for the purpose of an appeal. See Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 444-45 (1962). SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 11/7/2023) (ks) Transmission to Office of the Clerk of Court for processing. [Transferred from New York Southern on 11/21/2023.] (Entered: 11/09/2023)
2023-11-07
CASE TRANSFERRED OUT ELECTRONICALLY from the U.S.D.C. Southern District of New York to the United States District Court - District of District of Columbia.(ks) [Transferred from New York Southern on 11/21/2023.] (Entered: 11/14/2023)
2023-11-14
MAILING RECEIPT: Document No: 2. Mailed to: D. G. Sweigert c/o PMB 13339 514 Americas Way Box Elder, SD 57719. (sha) [Transferred from New York Southern on 11/21/2023.] (Entered: 11/14/2023)
2023-11-14
3
Case transferred in from District of New York Southern; Case Number 1:23-cv-09542. Original file ,transfer order and docket sheet received. (Entered: 11/21/2023)
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