FOIA Activity: 9 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 9 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between January 27, 2019 and February 2, 2019. These are associated with 9 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 1:2014cv00198 — SPATARO v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

   • January 29, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION granting Defendant's renewed motion for summary judgment [45] See document for details. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 1/29/2019. (lcrdm3, )
2. DC 1:2016cv02230 — MACHADO AMADIS v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al

   • January 31, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION re [20] Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment and [31] Plaintiff's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Trevor N. McFadden on 01/31/2019. (lctnm2)
3. DC 1:2018cv01029 — LINDER v. EOUSA

   • January 30, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION re EOUSA's [14] Motion for Summary Judgment. See attached Opinion for details. Signed by Judge Trevor N. McFadden on 1/30/2019. (lctnm3)
4. VAE 3:2018cv00730 — Moore v. Riverside Regional Medical Cental et al

   • January 29, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION. SEE OPINION for complete details. Signed by District Judge John A. Gibney, Jr on 1/28/2019. Copy of this Memorandum Opinion was mailed to Plaintiff.(ccol, )
5. WAW 2:2018cv00496 — Nikaj et al v. United States Department of State

   • February 1, 2019: MINUTE ORDER re Defendant's [16] Notice of Appropriations Received and Order re resetting deadline. The stay in this case is LIFTED. The current briefing schedule (Dkt. No. [13] ) is EXTENDED to the following dates: Dispositive motions d ue by 2/15/2019, Response and Cross-Motion due by 3/15/2019, Reply in Support of Dispositive Motion and Response to Cross-Motion due by 4/10/2019, Reply in support of Cross-Motion due by 5/6/2019. Authorized by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (TH)
6. WAW 2:2018cv00677 — Friends of the Earth v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

   • January 30, 2019: ORDER granting in part plaintiff's [18] Motion for Summary Judgment; granting in part defendant's [13] Motion for Summary Judgment; dismissing Claim 4 of [1] Complaint. Signed by Judge Thomas S. Zilly.(SWT)
7. WAW 2:2018cv01387 — Sea Shepherd Legal v. Department of the Interior

   • January 30, 2019: NOTICE of Appropriations Received and ORDER Resetting Deadlines re United States' [18] Notice: FRCP 26f Conference Deadline is 2/7/2019, Initial Disclosure Deadline is 2/21/2019, Joint Status Report due by 2/28/2019, by Judge James L. Robart. (SWT)
8. WAW 2:2018cv01635 — Withey et al v. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

   • January 30, 2019: MINUTE ORDER re Parties' [18] Stipulated Motion To Set Status Conference. Status Conference reset for 3/5/2019 at 9:00 AM. The stay on the case is LIFTED. Authorized by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (TH)
9. WAW 2:2018cv01789 — Moujtahid et al v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services et al

   • January 31, 2019: ORDER LIFTING STAY. The parties shall comply with the following deadlines: Deadline for Defendants to Respond to the Complaint is 2/4/2019, FRCP 26f Conference Deadline is 2/19/2019, Initial Disclosure Deadline is 2/26/2019, Joint Status Report due by 3/2/2019. Signed by Judge Ricardo S. Martinez. (TH)