FOIA Activity: 10 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between November 10, 2019 and November 16, 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 1:2018cv01508 — CAUSE OF ACTION INSTITUTE v. WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET et al

   • November 15, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Reggie B. Walton on November 15, 2019. (lcrbw2)
2. DC 1:2018cv01593 — ROBERSON v. FBI

   • November 12, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION accompanying final order issued separately this day. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 11/12/19.(ah)
3. DC 1:2019cv02868 — CROMITIE v. TRUMP et al

   • November 13, 2019: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan on 11/8/19. (zmd)
4. DC 1:2019cv02884 — LOPEZ-PENA v. TRUMP et al

   • November 13, 2019: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan on 11/8/19. (zmd)
5. MT 9:2018cv00031 — Buffalo Field Campaign v. United States Department of Agriculture et al

   • November 12, 2019: ORDER DISMISSING CASE with prejudice. Signed by Judge Dana L. Christensen on 11/12/2019. (NOS)
6. NYS 1:2019cv01835 — American Immigration Council et al v. Executive Office For Immigration Review et al

   • November 15, 2019: OPINION AND ORDER…..The Governments July 19, 2019 motion for summary judgment is granted in part. The plaintiffs August 14 motion for summary judgment is granted in part. (Signed by Judge Denise L. Cote on 11/15/2019) (gr)
   • November 15, 2019: ORDER: An Opinion of November 15, 2019 having denied in part the defendants motion for summary judgment, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties are to provide a letter describing the status of the request for training materials by December 13, 2019. (Signed by Judge Denise L. Cote on 11/15/2019) (gr)
7. TXN 4:2019cv00142 — Stecz-Hunter v. United States Department of Education et al

   • November 13, 2019: Memorandum Opinion and Order…DOE's Motion to Dismiss [18] should be granted. Hunter's claims against DOE are dismissed with prejudice. (Ordered by Judge Mark Pittman on 11/13/2019) (wrb)
8. WAW 2:2019cv00463 — Sea Shepherd Legal v. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration et al

   • November 12, 2019: ORDER: Joint Status Report due by 1/7/2020. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (MW)
9. WAW 2:2019cv01485 — Sea Shepherd Legal v. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration et al

   • November 12, 2019: STIPULATION AND ORDER for relief from discovery deadlines re Parties' [15] Stipulation. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (MW)