FOIA Activity: 12 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 12 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between July 9, 2017 and July 15, 2017. 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 1:2015cv00007 — Turner v. United States Department of the Treasury

   • July 10, 2017: ORDER GRANTING Defendant's Ex Parte Application Requesting Modification of the Briefing Schedule, signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 7/10/17. (Marrujo, C)
2. CAS 3:2015cv00452 — Smart-Tek Service Solutions Corp. v. United States Internal Revenue Service

   • July 10, 2017: ORDER Granting in part and Denying without prejudice in part Defendant's [29] Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz on 7/10/2017. (rlu)
3. CO 1:2013cv01722 — Brown et al v. Perez

   • July 13, 2017: ORDER denying [92] Motion to Intervene. So Ordered by Judge Raymond P. Moore on 07/13/2017. (rmlc2)
4. DC 1:2001cv02215 — CANNING v. DOJ

   • July 13, 2017: MEMORANDUM OPINION to the Motion and Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Gladys Kessler on 7/13/17. (CL)
5. DC 1:2016cv00708 — ALLEN v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS

   • July 11, 2017: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER granting in part and denying in part [27] Defendant's Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment. Defendant shall file its second renewed motion for summary judgment by August 14, 2017. Signed by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on 7/11/17. (ms) Modified event title on 7/12/2017 (znmw).
6. DC 1:2016cv01090 — GERHARD v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS

   • July 11, 2017: MEMORANDUM OPINION granting Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [9] and awarding Plaintiff his reasonable costs. See opinion for details. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 7/11/2017. (lcrdm3, ) (Main Document 15 replaced on 7/12/2017) (zkt).
7. DC 1:2016cv01676 — JENKINS v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • July 12, 2017: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on 7/11/17. (ms)
8. DC 1:2017cv00842 — PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT, INC. v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE et al

   • July 13, 2017: MEMORANDUM OPINION re: [3] Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Signed by Judge Christopher R. Cooper on 7/13/2017. (lccrc1)
9. NYS 1:2015cv03818 — New York Legal Assistance Group, Inc. v. United States Department of Education

   • July 12, 2017: OPINION AND ORDER re: [59] MOTION for Summary Judgment. filed by New York Legal Assistance Group, Inc., [50] MOTION for Summary Judgment. filed by United States Department of Education. For the foregoing reasons, DOE&#0 39;s motion for summary judgment is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part and NYLAG's motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close the motions at Docket Numbers 50 and 59. (Signed by Judge Lorna G. Schofield on 7/12/2017) (kgo)
10. WAW 2:2017cv00233 — Singh v. United States Postal Service

    • July 10, 2017: ORDER granting Defendant's [22] Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (PM)
    • July 11, 2017: MINUTE ORDER denying Plaintiff's [32] Motion for Reconsideration and dismissing as moot Plaintiff's [31] Motion to Stay. Authorized signed by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (PM)
    • July 13, 2017: ORDER denying Plaintiff's second [35] Motion to Stay. Signed by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (PM)