FOIA Activity: 5 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 5 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between April 21, 2019 and April 27, 2019. These are associated with 4 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. FLM 8:2019cv00485 — Statton v. Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission et al

   • April 22, 2019: ORDER: Defendant Carlos Lopez-Cantera's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # [7] ) is GRANTED. Plaintiff Joshua Statton's Motion for Leave to File Sur-Reply (Doc. # [11] ) is DENIED AS MOOT. Statton's Complaint (Doc. # [1] ) is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The Clerk is directed to close the case. Signed by Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington on 4/22/2019. (DLB)
2. NCE 5:2018cv00234 — Zaorski v. The Government of the United States of America

   • April 25, 2019: ORDER granting [16] Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction; granting [16] Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim. Signed by District Judge James C. Dever III on 4/25/2019. (Sellers, N.)
   • April 25, 2019: JUDGMENT – IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that for the reasons stated in defendant's memorandum of law, the court GRANTS defendant's motion to dismiss [D.E. 16] and DISMISSES the action without prejudice. Signed by Peter A. Moore, Jr., Clerk of Court on 4/25/2019. (Sellers, N.)
3. NYE 1:2018cv01034 — Minkovski et al v. US Department of Treasury

   • April 27, 2019: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER granting [23] Motion for Summary Judgment. For the reasons set forth in the attached Memorandum and Order, the Court grants the Treasury's motion for summary judgment. Ordered by Judge Margo K. Brodie on 4/27/2019. (Morel, Christopher)
4. WAW 2:2018cv00677 — Friends of the Earth v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

   • April 25, 2019: ORDER granting parties' [33] Third Stipulated Motion to Extend Deadline: Plaintiff shall file its cost bill and attorney fee motion on or before 8/8/2019. Signed by Judge Thomas S. Zilly. (SWT)