FOIA Activity: 8 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 8 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between September 30, 2018 and October 6, 2018. These are associated with 8 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 1:2012cv00534 — DORSEY v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

   • October 2, 2018: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 10/1/18. (ms)
2. DC 1:2013cv00412 — WADELTON et al v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

   • September 30, 2018: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION re Plaintiffs' Petition for Fees [68] Signed by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan on 9/30/18. (DJS)
3. DC 1:2016cv00885 — JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

   • October 2, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION re Cross Motion [18] for Summary Judgment and Motion [17] for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Royce C. Lamberth on 10/1/18. (lsj)
4. DC 1:2018cv00289 — CHAVERRA v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT et al

   • October 2, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION re [16] Order Granting Partial Motion to Dismiss. Signed by Judge James E. Boasberg on 10/2/2018. (lcjeb2)
5. MD 1:2018cv00073 — Brown v. Department of Justice

   • October 3, 2018: MEMORANDUM ORDER GRANTING [11] Motion to Dismiss; DISMISSING plaintiff's claim. Signed by Judge Richard D. Bennett on 10/3/2018. (hmls, Deputy Clerk)
6. NCE 5:2016cv00070 — Hinson-Gribble v. United States Office of Personnel Management, et al

   • October 5, 2018: JUDGMENT – Signed by Peter A. Moore, Jr., Clerk of Court on 10/5/2018. (Collins, S.)
7. NYS 1:2013cv08955 — Intellectual Property Watch et al v. United States Trade Representative

   • September 30, 2018: OPINION AND ORDER: For the reasons set forth above, USTR's motion for summary judgment on the remaining communications is GRANTED, and Plaintiffs' motion is DENIED. (Signed by Judge Edgardo Ramos on 9/30/2018) (jwh) Transmission to Orders and Judgments Clerk for processing.
8. WAW 2:2018cv00107 — Sui v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services et al

   • October 1, 2018: ORDER granting [14] Stipulated Motion to remand matter to USCIS. Signed by Judge Ricardo S. Martinez. (PM)