FOIA Activity: 8 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 8 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between November 17, 2019 and November 23, 2019. These are associated with 8 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 3:2019cv00290 — American Civil Liberties Union Foundation et al v. Department of Justice et al

   • November 18, 2019: ORDER by Judge Edward M. Chen Denying [31] Defendant's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. (emcsec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/18/2019)
2. DC 1:2018cv00593 — SHAW v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • November 19, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION re [37] Order on Motions for partial summary judgment. Signed by Judge James E. Boasberg on 11/19/2019. (lcjeb3)
3. LAE 2:2018cv10547 — Jobe v. National Transportation Safety Board

   • November 18, 2019: ORDER AND REASONS granting in part and denying in part [48] Cross Motion for Summary Judgment; granting in part and denying in part [28] Motion for Summary Judgment. The NTSB must release to Jobe Documents 1-61, 123-156, and 165-206 on the Vaughn index submitted by the NTSB. (Rec. Doc. 28-6). Jobes request for the NTSB to produce Documents 62-122, 157-164, and 207- 215 is denied. Signed by Judge Jay C. Zainey on 11/18/2019. (mm)
4. MOW 4:2019cv00493 — Talley v. U.S. Department of Labor

   • November 18, 2019: ORDER denying [15] Plaintiff's motion for reconsideration. Signed on 11/18/2019 by District Judge Ortrie D. Smith. (Kitsmiller, Julia)
5. NYS 1:2019cv04024 — State Of New York et al v. United States Department of the Treasury et al

   • November 22, 2019: ORDER, The parties shall appear for a conference with the Court on December 11, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 1105 of the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, 40 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007. Further, no later than December 3, 2019, the parties s hall meet and confer in person for at least one hour to discuss a possible production schedule and to discuss other options for expediting Defendants' review and production, including but not limited to (1) narrowing Plaintiffs' requests ; (2) agreeing to forego or delay agency review of certain categories of documents most likely to be exempt from production; and (3) identification of information or materials that Plaintiffs are most interested in for more immediate review. Finall y, no later than December 5, 2019, the parties shall file a letter informing the Court of their positions on these issues and the status of Defendants' production as of that date. SO ORDERED. (Status Conference set for 12/11/2019 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 1105, 40 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge Jesse M. Furman.) (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 11/22/19) (yv)
6. NYS 1:2019cv04740 — New York Times Company et al v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration

   • November 20, 2019: ORDER: granting in part [14] Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. Application GRANTED in part. The Court adopts the parties' proposed schedule as modified. If Juul moves to intervene in this case, the Court will at that time determine whether th e motion is timely. But the Court warns Juul that is unlikely to significantly modify the proposed schedule, thus Juul should make a timely decision whether to move to intervene. The conference scheduled for November 22, 2019, is CANCELLED. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Valerie E. Caproni on 11/20/2019) (ama)
7. NYS 1:2019cv05881 — Adhikaar et al v. United States Department of Homeland Security et al

   • November 19, 2019: ORDER granting [39] Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. Application granted. The telephone conference currently scheduled for November 21, 2019 is adjourned to December 2, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. The parties are directed to call Chambers (212-805-0296) at that time with all parties on the line. Telephone Conference set for 12/2/2019 at 02:00 PM before Judge Gregory H. Woods. (Signed by Judge Gregory H. Woods on 11/19/2019) (mro)
8. NYS 1:2019cv08905 — International Refugee Assistance Project v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services et al.

   • November 20, 2019: ORDER: The parties should submit a status report to the Court by December 6, 2019. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge John G. Koeltl on 11/19/2019) (ks)