FOIA Activity: 10 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between April 3, 2016 and April 9, 2016. 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

   • April 6, 2016: ORDER Adopting Findings and Recommendations, Dismissing Complaint for Failure to Follow a Court Order, and Directing Clerk of Court to Terminate Action, signed by District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 4/6/16. CASE CLOSED. (Verduzco, M)
2. CO 1:2014cv02496 — Rocky Mountain Wild, Inc v. U.S. Forest Service et al

   • April 6, 2016: ORDER On or before May 31, 2016, counsel for Rocky Mountain Wild and counsel for the Forest Service shall meet and confer in good faith as to whether the Forest Service has, at that point, fully discharged its FOIA obligations as they pertain to R ocky Mountain Wilds February 2014 FOIA request; and On or before June 15, 2016, Rocky Mountain Wild shall file a joint status report setting forth the issues on which the parties agree, and the parties respective positions on issues for which they do not agree, if any. Based on the joint status report, the Court will address any remaining issues and set any additional deadlines, by Judge Wiley Y. Daniel on 4/6/2016. (evana, )
3. CO 1:2016cv00701 — Davis v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs

   • April 4, 2016: ORDER by Magistrate Judge Craig B. Shaffer on 04/04/16 GRANTING [4] Motion to Restrict Access or to Amend Complaint. IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs unredacted Complaint (Doc. 1) shall be restricted under Level 1 restriction.(nmarb, )
4. DC 1:2012cv01872 — PINSON v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • April 8, 2016: MEMORANDUM OPINION denying [249] Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction; denying as moot [257] Plaintiff's Motion for Order to Supplement. See document for details. Signed by Judge Rudolph Contreras on 04/08/2016. (lcrc2)
5. DC 1:2013cv00555 — SHAPIRO et al v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • April 8, 2016: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: Upon consideration of the joint report [51] , the Court hereby ORDERS that (1) on or before May 10, 2016, the FBI shall produce all responsive records in this case except (a) those records the Court determined were prope rly withheld in its January 22, 2016 opinion, (b) those records about which the Court previously directed further briefing, and (c) those records that the FBI believes would, if released, compromise national security or sensitive, personal, private i nformation; (2) on or before May 10, 2016, the FBI shall submit a renewed motion for summary judgment, supplemented by further evidentiary submissions, regarding those records that it intends to withhold consistent with the Court's January 22, 2 016 opinion and this Order; (3) the plaintiffs may file a renewed cross-motion for summary judgment and opposition to the FBI's renewed motion for summary judgment, limited to the issues described above and the propriety of declaratory and injun ctive relief, on or before June 7, 2016; (4) the FBI may file a reply in support of its renewed motion for summary judgment and opposition to the plaintiffs' cross-motion for summary judgment on or before July 5, 2016; (5) the plaintiffs may fil e a reply in support of their cross-motion for summary judgment on or before July 19, 2016; and (6) if the FBI seeks to stay any of the production obligations outlined in this Order, it shall file a motion to that effect on or before April 29, 2016. See Memorandum Opinion and Order for more details. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 4/8/2016. (lcrdm2, ) (Main Document 53 replaced on 4/11/2016) (kt).
6. DC 1:2014cv01056 — LEOPOLD et al v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

   • April 8, 2016: MEMORANDUM OPINION re [24] Order granting Defendant's [19] Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge James E. Boasberg on 4/8/16. (lcjeb1)
7. DC 1:2014cv02004 — OTERO v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al

   • April 4, 2016: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on 4/4/16. (ms)
8. DC 1:2015cv00459 — GATORE et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

   • April 6, 2016: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Reggie B. Walton on 4/6/2016. (lcrbw3)
9. DC 1:2015cv00690 — JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

   • April 6, 2016: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 4/6/2016. (KD)
10. NYE 1:2011cv00203 — Davis v. United States Department of Homeland Security et al

    • April 6, 2016: ORDER granting [125] Motion for Discovery. As described therein, the BOP has demonstrated that it has fully complied with the three directives contained in the Court's August 14, 2014 Summary Judgment Order as: (1) the BOP conducted an adequate records search that identified the names, register numbers, and bedding assignments of all inmates housed in cell block 3 of MDC between March 1, 2009 and May 31, 2009; and (2) properly redacted the inmate names and register numbers as exempt pursua nt to statutory exemption § 552(b)(7)(C) because this information is gathered for law enforcement purposes, implicate a significant privacy interest, and Plaintiff has failed to demonstrate "that release of the information would shed light on the workings of government." Associated Press v. United States DOJ , 549 F.3d 62, 66 (2d Cir. 2008). A copy of the attached Order has been mailed to Plaintiff at the address reflected on the docket. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon on 4/6/2016. (Weingarten, Richard)