FOIA Activity: 6 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 6 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between January 10, 2016 and January 16, 2016. 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. AK 3:2014cv00199 — Pebble Limited Partnership v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

   • January 12, 2016: ORDER granting in part as to the FACA docs and denying in part as to the FOIA docs re [61] Motion for summary judgment; denying [70] Motion for Hearing; def to reevaluate FOIA docs & rpt to crt by 2/12/16; as to FOIA docs def's mot for SJ remains unresolved. Signed by Judge H. Russel Holland on 1/12/16. (PRR, COURT STAFF) Modified on 1/12/2016 to create relationship to document #61 (PRR, COURT STAFF).
2. CAE 1:2013cv01588 — Ha v. U.S. Department of Justice et al

   • January 15, 2016: FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO DISMISS ACTION FOR A FAILURE TO FOLLOW COURT ORDER. Referred to Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill; Objections to F&R due by 2/19/2016 signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng on 1/14/2016.(Lundstrom, T)
3. CAN 3:2015cv03503 — Freedom of the Press Foundation v. United States Department of Justice

   • January 11, 2016: ORDER by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. Granting [21] Motion to Appear by Telephone at the January 19, 2016 Case Management Conference. Counsel shall contact CourtCall at (866) 582-6878 to make arrangements for the telephonic appearance. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/11/2016)
4. NYE 1:2013cv05004 — Schwartz v. United States Drug Enforcement Administration

   • January 12, 2016: REDACTED MEMORANDUM & ORDER. The Court denies the DEA's [28] Motion for Summary Judgment; and grants Schwartz's [36] Cross Motion seeking production of the requested portion of the Ahuas Video, subject to the redaction discussed above. The DEA is directed to produce the requested portion of the Ahuas Video as ordered redacted to Schwartz within 14 days of this Order. So Ordered by Chief Judge Carol Bagley Amon on 1/8/2016. (Lee, Tiffeny)
5. OR 3:2014cv00734 — Engman v. Veterans' Administration Portland Medical Center

   • January 13, 2016: OPINION & ORDER: Defendant's motion for summary judgment [86] is granted. See 7-page opinion & order attached. Signed on 1/13/2016 by Judge Marco A. Hernandez. (mr)
6. TXN 3:2015cv03220 — Sai v. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

   • January 12, 2016: Order Accepting Findings and Recommendations re: [5] Findings and Recommendations on Case re: [3] Complaint,, filed by NFN Sai. (Ordered by Chief Judge Jorge A Solis on 1/12/2016) (chmb) (Main Document 6 replaced on 1/13/2016) (bdb).