FOIA Activity: 7 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 7 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between September 21, 2014 and September 27, 2014. These are associated with 6 FOIA cases pending in federal district court. Note that because there can be delays between the date a decision is made and when it shows up on PACER, this listing includes only decisions that appeared on PACER during this period.

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1. DC 1:2008cv01481 — CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

   • September 24, 2014: OPINION granting the defendant's motion for summary judgment and denying the motion for reconsideration as moot. The defendant shall be ordered to show cause in writing why a sanction, in the form of attorneys' fees, should not be entered. Two separate orders consistent with this opinion shall issue this same day. Signed by Judge Paul L. Friedman on September 24, 2014. (MA)
   • September 24, 2014: ORDER denying as moot [55] defendant's Motion for Reconsideration; granting [65] defendant's renewed Motion for Summary Judgment. The complaint is dismissed with prejudice and the case removed from the court docket. Signed by Judge Paul L. Friedman on September 24, 2014. (MA)
2. DC 1:2010cv02068 — PARKER v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • September 23, 2014: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 9/23/2014. (lcabj3)
3. NYN 5:2012cv01027 — Mancuso v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

   • September 22, 2014: MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDERED, that Defendants Motion (Dkt. No. 39) for summary judgment is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED, that the Clerk of the Court close this case. Signed by Senior Judge Lawrence E. Kahn on September 22, 2014. ***A copy of this order was served upon the pro se plaintiff by Certified US mail. (sas) Modified on 9/22/2014 to add pro se mailing language (sas).
4. NYS 1:2012cv01111 — Assadi v. United States Department of State

   • September 22, 2014: OPINION & ORDER #104753 re: [11] MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment filed by United States Department of State. DOS has shown that its search was adequate, that the withheld documents fall within applicable FOIA exemptions, and that it has pro vided all information that can be reasonably segregated from the exempt information, and the motion for partial summary judgment (Dkt. No. 11) is granted. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Louis L. Stanton on 9/19/2014) (ama) Modified on 9/22/2014 (ca).
5. NYS 1:2012cv01374 — Assadi v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Services

   • September 26, 2014: OPINION AND ORDER re: [28] MOTION In Camera Review Plaintiff's Notice of Motion for In Camera Review filed by John Assadi, Esq., [33] CROSS MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment filed by United States Citizenship & Immigration Services. For the foregoing reasons, Assadi's motion for in camera review is DENIED, and CIS's cross motion for partial summary judgment is GRANTED. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis on 9/26/2014) (ama)
6. WIE 1:2014cv00201 — Village of Hobart v. US Department of the Interior et al

   • September 23, 2014: ORDER denying motion for discovery and in camera review signed by Chief Judge William C Griesbach on 9-23-14. (cc: all counsel)(Griesbach, William)