FOIA Activity: 3 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 3 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between October 14, 2018 and October 20, 2018. These are associated with 3 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 3:2018cv02008 — The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), et al v. U.S. Department of Labor

   • October 17, 2018: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Order to Show Cause Hearing set for 12/7/2018 02:00 PM.. Signed by Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero on 10/17/18. (klhS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/17/2018)
2. ILN 1:2017cv05429 — Hughes v. United States Department of Justice

   • October 16, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER. Defendant's motion for summary judgment [22] is granted. See Memorandum Opinion and Order. Civil case terminated. Signed by the Honorable Marvin E. Aspen on 10/16/2018. Mailed notice (ags, )
3. MA 1:2013cv11967 — Stalcup v. Department of Defense Agency

   • October 15, 2018: District Judge Leo T. Sorokin: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER entered. [95] Department of Defense ("DOD") Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. [101] Stalcup's Motion for Discovery is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. DOD shall have thirty days to submit further affidavit(s) that provide further detail about the design of its searches of the MDA, the OSD, and the Joint Staff sufficient to demonstrate beyond material doubt that its search was reasonably calculated to uncover all relevant documents, Nation Magazine , 71 F.3d at 890, in the ways described in this Order. With these affidavit(s), DOD may file a renewed motion for summary judgment witha memorandum limited to ten pages. Stalcup may file an opposi tion, limited to ten pages, due fourteen days after DOD's filing. DOD may file a reply limited to four pages within seven days thereafter. If the Court denies the renewed motion for summary judgment, its order will direct the parties to submit their joint or separate proposals for discovery. (Montes, Mariliz)