FOIA Activity: 10 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between September 13, 2015 and September 19, 2015. These are associated with 10 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. CAE 1:2013cv01588 — Ha v. U.S. Department of Justice et al

   • September 14, 2015: ORDER Finding Plaintiff States a Cognizable Claim against: Defendant EOUSA and Forwarding Service Documents to Plaintiff for Completion and Return within Thirty Days, signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng on 09/11/2015. (30-Day Deadline) (Attachments: # 1 USM Instructions, # 2 First Amended Complaint, dated 06/18/2014)(Martin-Gill, S)
2. CAE 1:2015cv00007 — Turner v. United States Department of the Treasury

   • September 14, 2015: ORDER STRIKING Reply to Defendant's Answer [16] Order signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 9/14/2015. (Timken, A)
3. CAE 1:2015cv01412 — San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Office of the Solicitor, of the U.S. Department of the Interior, et al.

   • September 18, 2015: ORDER relating and reassigning case signed by District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 9/17/2015. New Case Number 1:15-cv-01412-LJO-GSA.(Lundstrom, T)
4. CAN 3:2010cv03759 — The American Civil Liberties Union of North California et al v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

   • September 17, 2015: ORDER CONTINUING MOTION HEARING. Motion Hearing previously set for 10/1/2015 Continued to 11/5/2015 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. Richard Seeborg. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 9/17/15. (cl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/17/2015)
5. CAN 3:2015cv01181 — Brown et al v. Customs and Border Protection

   • September 17, 2015: ORDER by Judge James Donato denying [26] Motion to Dismiss. Defendants should file an answer to the complaint within 10 days of this order. (jdlc1S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/17/2015)
6. DC 1:2013cv01225 — CAUSE OF ACTION v. TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

   • September 16, 2015: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 9/16/2015. (lcabj3)
7. DC 1:2014cv00552 — BAROUCH v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al

   • September 18, 2015: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 9/18/2015. (lcabj3)
8. MA 1:2013cv11967 — Stalcup v. Department of Defense Agency

   • September 18, 2015: District Judge Leo T. Sorokin: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT. As to the records request of the MDA, the DoD's Motion for Summary Judgment, Doc. No. 27, is ALLOWED and Stalcup's Motion for Summary Judgment, Doc. No. 32, is DENIED. The Motions otherwise remain under advisement. The DoD shall supplement the record as described above within 30 days of this Order. The plaintiff may respond 14 days thereafter. re [32] Motion for Summary Judgment (Simeone, Maria)
9. MIE 2:2015cv11033 — Powell v. Internal Revenue Service

   • September 18, 2015: ORDER GRANTING and Construing Plaintiff's [31] MOTION for Order FOR CONFER AND MEET AND REPORT WITH DATES AND DEADLINES filed by William E. Powell [E-Filer]., ( Proposed plan must be filed by 10/2/2015 )–Signed by Magistrate Judge Anthony P. Patti. (MWil)
10. NYS 1:2013cv07360 — Human Rights Watch v. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons

    • September 16, 2015: OPINION AND ORDER re: [40] CROSS MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by Human Rights Watch, [30] MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons. For the foregoing reasons, the parties' cross-moti ons for summary judgment are GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART: 1. The Government shall transmit to the Court an unredacted version of the Comments column of the Historical CMU Spreadsheet for the Court's segregability analysis. The Government may also file an affidavit with its own detailed, line-by-line segregability analysis. 2. The Government shall release the SAM memoranda without redactions for the U.S. Attorney's Office handling each case. 3. The Government shall release th e religious accommodations records without redactions for inmate job and cell assignments. 4. The Government shall release the Key Indicators documents without the "non-responsive" redactions for inmate capacity. The Clerk is directed to close the motions at docket entries 30 and 40. IT IS SO ORDERED. (As further set forth in this Order.) (Signed by Judge J. Paul Oetken on 9/16/2015) (kko)