FOIA Activity: 5 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 5 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between November 29, 2015 and December 5, 2015. These are associated with 5 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. CAN 3:2015cv03510 — Stein v. United States Department of Commerce

   • December 1, 2015: ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. Initial Case Management Conference set for 2/10/2016 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom 9, 19th Floor, San Francisco. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on December 1, 2015. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/1/2015)
2. CO 1:2014cv02784 — San Juan Citizens Alliance, Inc. v. Bureau of Land Management

   • December 3, 2015: MINUTE ENTRY for proceedings held before Senior Judge Richard P. Matsch: Motion Hearing held on 12/3/2015. Denying [36] Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim. Bureau of Land Management answer due 1/15/2016. Scheduling Conference set for 2/12/2016 10:00 AM in Courtroom A before Judge Richard P. Matsch. FTR: K. Terasaki. (rkeec)
3. DC 1:2013cv01304 — BOYD v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR UNITED STATES ATTORNEY et al

   • November 30, 2015: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 11/30/2015. (lcabj3)
4. LAE 2:2015cv02540 — Gahagan v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Services

   • December 2, 2015: ORDER AND REASONS denying [6] Motion for Summary Judgment; granting in part and denying in part [18] Motion for Summary Judgment. USCIS is entitled to judgment as a matter of law with respect to the adequacy of its search. But USCIS has failed to carry its burden of demonstrating full FOIA compliance with respect to (1) its referral to the Department of State of four pages of agency records that are responsive to plaintiff's FOIA request and (2) its withholding of certain documents in, i n whole or in part, as discussed more fully in Section III.D of the Court's Order. IT IS ORDERED that within fourteen (14) days of the entry of this Order, USCIS shall produce a new Vaughn index that remedies the deficiencies identified in Section III.D of the Court's Order.. Signed by Judge Sarah S. Vance on 12/2/15. (jjs)
5. MIE 2:2015cv11033 — Powell v. Internal Revenue Service

   • December 4, 2015: ORDER DENYING Plaintiff's [41] Motion –Signed by Magistrate Judge Anthony P. Patti. (MWil)