FOIA Activity: 10 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between July 7, 2019 and July 13, 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. CO 1:2018cv03065 — Rocky Mountain Wild, Inc. v. United States Forest Service et al

   • July 12, 2019: ORDER granting [34] Defendant's Expedited Motion for Order Directing Plaintiff to Return or Destroy, and Refrain from Using or Further Disseminating, Inadvertently Produced Documents by Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty on 07/12/2019.(mdave, )
2. CT 3:2017cv02073 — Protect Our Defenders et al v. Defense et al

   • July 12, 2019: ORDER granting in part and denying in part [37] Motion for Summary Judgment for the reasons in the attached memorandum of decision. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 7/12/2019. (Bryan, Kelsey)
3. DC 1:2013cv00729 — SHAPIRO v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • July 10, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER that the government shall submit an unredacted copy of "Serial 91" to the Court on or before 5:00 p.m. on July 15, 2019 for its in camera review. Signed by Judge Paul L. Friedman on July 10, 2019. (MA)
4. DC 1:2017cv00766 — WELENC v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

   • July 8, 2019: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Judge Reggie B. Walton on 7/8/19. (ms)
5. DC 1:2017cv00781 — BARTKO v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • July 9, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION re [84] Order on Cross Motions for Partial Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge James E. Boasberg on 7/9/2019. (lcjeb3)
   • July 12, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION re [86] Order on Cross Motions for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge James E. Boasberg on 7/12/2019. (lcjeb3)
6. DC 1:2017cv00918 — MONTGOMERY et al v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

   • July 8, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION re [78] Order on Plaintiffs' Motion Challenging Sufficiency of Defendant's Response. Signed by Judge James E. Boasberg on 7/8/2019. (lcjeb3)
7. DC 1:2018cv01449 — REINHARD v. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

   • July 11, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION re [18] Order. Signed by Judge James E. Boasberg on 7/11/2019. (lcjeb2)
8. NYS 1:2019cv00645 — The New York Times Company et al v. United States Department of State

   • July 9, 2019: MEMORANDUM ORDER granting in part and denying in part [10] Motion for Summary Judgment; granting in part and denying in part [17] Motion for Summary Judgment: For the foregoing reasons, the Court holds that State's redactions are justified und er Exemption 5, subject to the two exceptions discussed above. Accordingly, each party's motion is granted in part and denied in part. Within one week of the date hereof, State must release the two small portions of the communications for which redaction is not justified. The Clerk is directed to close the entries at docket numbers 10 and 17. (Signed by Judge Jed S. Rakoff on 7/9/2019) (jwh)
9. WAW 2:2018cv01442 — The Human Rights Defense Center et al v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al

   • July 10, 2019: JOINT STATUS REPORT AND ORDER re Dkt. [30] Parties shall submit a Joint Status Report on or before 7/22/2019. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (SWT)