FOIA Activity: 6 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 6 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between August 4, 2019 and August 10, 2019. These are associated with 6 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 1:2014cv00317 — ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

   • August 6, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 8/6/2019. (lcegs2)
2. DC 1:2017cv02426 — CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE et al

   • August 8, 2019: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 8/8/2019. (lcegs3)
3. DC 1:2018cv01535 — BUZZFEED INC. v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

   • August 7, 2019: OPINION AND ORDER denying without prejudice [15] Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment; denying without prejudice [17] Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment; and remanding the matter to the Defendant. See full Order for details. Signed by Judge Christopher R. Cooper on 08/07/2019. (lccrc3)
4. DC 1:2019cv02013 — LEWIS v. BARR et al

   • August 9, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION Signed by Judge Rudolph Contreras on 8/8/2019. (zeg)
5. WAW 2:2018cv01387 — Sea Shepherd Legal v. Department of the Interior

   • August 6, 2019: JOINT STATUS REPORT AND ORDER re [26] Joint Status Report. Parties shall submit a Joint Status Report within the next 60 days. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (SWT)
6. WAW 2:2019cv00463 — Sea Shepherd Legal v. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration et al

   • August 6, 2019: STIPULATION AND ORDER re Joint Briefing Schedule per parties' [12] Stipulation. Dispositive motions due by 9/6/2019, Opposition to Dispositive motion and cross-motion due by 9/27/2019, Reply in support of dispositive motion and any opposition to cross-motion due by 10/11/2019, Reply in support of cross-motion due by 10/21/2019. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (TH)