FOIA Activity: 5 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 5 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between September 11, 2016 and September 17, 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. DC 1:2015cv00667 — ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER v. UNITED STATES DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

   • September 13, 2016: MEMORANDUM OPINION re [17] Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment and [18] Plaintiff's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Christopher R. Cooper on 9/13/2016. (lccrc2)
2. DC 1:2015cv00794 — MANNA v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al

   • September 15, 2016: MEMORANDUM OPINION regarding the defendant's [10] Motion for Summary Judgment and Motion to Dismiss. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on September 15, 2016. (lcbah2)
3. DC 1:2016cv00149 — NEW ENGLAND ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY v. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE et al

   • September 14, 2016: MEMORANDUM OPINION denying Plaintiffs' [39] Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, granting Defendants' [44] Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, and granting Intervenor-Defendant's [42] Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. See attached document for details. Signed by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on 09/14/2016. (lckbj2) (Main Document 62 replaced on 9/15/2016) (zgdf).
4. RI 1:2015cv00099 — Eil v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

   • September 16, 2016: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER granting [15] Motion for Summary Judgment; denying [16] Motion for Summary Judgment- So Ordered by Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 9/16/2016. (Barletta, Barbara)
5. TXN 3:2014cv03333 — The Inclusive Communities Project Inc v. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

   • September 13, 2016: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER granting in part and denying in part [33] Motion for Summary Judgment; denying [41] Motion for Summary Judgment. The Court, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(B), ORDERS HUD to produce and ENJOINS it from withholding t he records ICP sought in Part I and Part II of its FOIA request. The Court DENIES ICP's request that the Court issue an order prohibiting HUD from relying on Exemption 6 to deny future FOIA requests for the same records ordered produced in this case. (Ordered by Judge Jane J Boyle on 9/13/2016) (ran)