FOIA Activity: 15 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 15 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between September 22, 2019 and September 28, 2019. These are associated with 15 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 3:2018cv01979 — American Small Business League v. Department of Defense

   • September 25, 2019: ORDER ON [127] DEFENDANTS' DISCOVERY LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 24. Signed by Judge Alsup on 9/25/2019. (whalc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/25/2019)
2. DC 1:2014cv00192 — JACKSON v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al

   • September 27, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER granting [54] defendants' renewed motion for summary judgment. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 9/27/19. (DMK) Modified on 9/29/2019 (zjth).
3. DC 1:2017cv00832 — JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • September 24, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on September 24, 2019. (lcckk1)
4. DC 1:2017cv01037 — CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY v. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS et al

   • September 27, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 9/27/2019. (lcegs2)
5. DC 1:2017cv01728 — PROPERTY OF THE PEOPLE, INC. et al v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • September 24, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 9/24/2019. (lcegs3)
6. DC 1:2017cv02130 — BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al

   • September 28, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: Upon consideration of Defendant's motion for partial summary judgment [16] and Plaintiff's cross-motion for summary judgment [17] , it is hereby ORDERED that both motions are GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. See document for details. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 09/28/2019. (lcrdm3, )
7. DC 1:2018cv00474 — SCHNEIDER v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al

   • September 28, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION regarding the defendants' [7] Motion for Summary Judgment and the plaintiff's [12] Cross Motion for Summary Judgment. See text for details. Signed by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on September 28, 2019. (lcdlf3)
8. DC 1:2018cv01695 — SADLER v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al

   • September 23, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION in support of [18] Order granting Defendants' [13] Motion to Dismiss. Signed by Judge Timothy J. Kelly on 9/23/2019. (lctjk3)
9. ID 1:2018cv00505 — Western Watersheds Project v. Bureau of Land Management

   • September 27, 2019: MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER. Plaintiff's Motion forSummary Judgment (Dkt. [17] ) and Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. [28] ) are each DENIED AS MOOT, with the Court retaining jurisdiction over the matter to oversee the status r eport deadline detailed herein and to consider additional motion practice as necessary. On or before October 15, 2019, the parties shall file a joint status report, addressing any outstanding issues in need of the Court's consideration moving forward in light of 2018-00056 and 2018-00519's apparent resolution during the pendency of this action. Signed by Judge Ronald E. Bush. (alw)
10. NYS 1:2017cv07572 — Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University v. Department of Homeland Security et al

    • September 23, 2019: OPINION AND ORDER re: [95] MOTION for Summary Judgment as to USCIS and ICE filed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, [89] MOTION for Summary Judgment as to OLC, ICE and the S tate Department filed by U.S. Department of State, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Justice, [104] MOTION for Summary Judgment as to ICE and USCIS filed by Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbi a University. For the foregoing reasons, Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment are GRANTED in part and DENIED in part, and Plaintiff's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part as follows: (1) ICE's Mot ion is granted and Plaintiff's Cross-Motion is denied with respect to its application of Exemption 5 to the First Amendment Concerns Memo, the 235(c) Memo, the EO Implementation Memo. (2) Plaintiff's Cross-Motion is granted and ICE's M otion is denied with respect to the Extreme Vetting Memo, the Foreign Policy Provisions Memo, and the HSI Updates Memo. ICE must re-assess its applied exemptions to these records, using this Opinion as guidance, and disclose all responsive non-exempt materials that can reasonably be segregated from exempt materials. (3) USCIS' Motion is granted and Plaintiff's Cross-Motion denied with respect to the TRIG Options Paper and TRIG Exemptions. (4) Plaintiff's Cross-Motion is granted an d USCIS' motion is denied with respect to the Acting Director Memo and Senior Policy Council Paper. USCIS must release the reasonably segregable information in these records. (5) The government's motions for summary judgment regarding the unchallenged documents are granted. (Signed by Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr on 9/23/2019) (ne)
11. VAW 3:2018cv00037 — Southern Environmental Law Center v. Mulvaney

    • September 25, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Senior Judge Glen E. Conrad on 9/25/19. (jcj)
12. WAW 2:2018cv00655 — Mora-Villalpando v. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al

    • September 27, 2019: JOINT STATUS REPORT AND ORDER re Dkt. [53] Parties will submit another Joint Status Report within 60 days of the date of this order. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (SWT)
13. WAW 2:2018cv01387 — Sea Shepherd Legal v. Department of the Interior

    • September 24, 2019: JOINT STATUS REPORT AND ORDER re Dkt. [28] If at any time in the next 60 days it becomes apparent that resolution between the parties is not feasible, the parties will submit a joint briefing schedule to the Court. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (SWT)
14. WAW 2:2019cv00887 — Northwest Environmental Advocates v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

    • September 24, 2019: ORDER re Parties' [16] Joint MOTION for Entry of Order Vacating Case Schedule and Setting Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 1/31/2020. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik.(MW)
15. WAW 2:2019cv01051 — Northwest Environmental Advocates v. US Environmental Protection Agency

    • September 27, 2019: STIPULATION AND ORDER for extension of deadline re parties' [8] Stipulation. Joint Status Report due by 10/1/2019. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (SWT)