FOIA Activity: 5 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 5 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between May 22, 2016 and May 28, 2016. 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 3:2014cv01130 — Our Children's Earth Foundation et al v. National Marine Fisheries Service et al

   • May 24, 2016: ORDER granting [90] MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to [82] MOTION for Attorney Fees and Costs. Response due by 6/1/2016. Reply due by 6/15/2016. Motion Hearing set for 6/29/2016 02:00 PM in Courtroom 2, 17th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. William H. Orrick. Signed by Judge William H. Orrick on 05/24/2016. (jmdS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/24/2016)
2. CAN 3:2016cv02041 — Electronic Frontier Foundation v. United States Department of Justice

   • May 27, 2016: ORDER, Case reassigned to Hon. Haywood S Gilliam, Jr. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim no longer assigned to the case.. Signed by Executive Committee on 5/27/16. (ha, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/27/2016)
3. DC 1:2011cv00442 — NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSELORS v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY et al

   • May 25, 2016: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION on fees and costs. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 5/25/2016. (KD)
4. DC 1:2013cv00555 — SHAPIRO et al v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • May 25, 2016: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: For the reasons stated in this Memorandum Opinion, the Court hereby ORDERS that: (1) The FBI's motion for reconsideration [55] is hereby GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. (2) The FBI's motion for a partial s tay [60] is hereby GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. The FBI's obligation to produce the case evaluation forms to the plaintiffs is hereby STAYED through and until July 25, 2016, or, if the FBI files a notice of appeal by that date, pending a ppeal. (3) If the FBI does not file a notice of appeal by July 25, 2016, it shall produce the case evaluation forms to the plaintiffs on or before that date. (4) The FBI shall produce the records to plaintiff Shapiro that would otherwise only be im pacted by the FBI's late assertion of the Exemption 5 deliberative-process privilege on or before July 25, 2016. If the FBI files a notice of appeal as to this specific production obligation, the order set out in this paragraph is stayed pending appeal. (5) The briefing schedule entered on April 8, 2016, remains in place. See document for details. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 5/25/2016. (lcrdm2, )
5. WAW 2:2016cv00193 — Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

   • May 25, 2016: ORDER denying the Pacific Growers' [4] Cross Motion for Summary Judgment and granting the Corps' [13] Cross Motion for Summary Judgment by Judge Richard A Jones.(RS)