FOIA Activity: 5 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 5 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between December 29, 2019 and January 4, 2020. These are associated with 5 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 1:2017cv01221 — BELL v. BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO & FIREARMS

   • January 3, 2020: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION in support of [33] Order granting Defendant's [30] Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Timothy J. Kelly on 1/3/2020. (lctjk3)
2. DC 1:2018cv02901 — CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING v. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION et al

   • December 31, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION regarding the defendants' [14] Motion for Summary Judgment and the plaintiff's [16] Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on December 31, 2019. (lcbah1)
3. DC 1:2019cv01221 — FLIPPIN v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR et al

   • December 31, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION accompanying the final order issued separately this day. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on 12/31/19.(ah)
4. MT 9:2019cv00165 — Buffalo Field Campaign v. United States Department of Interior, National Park Service

   • December 30, 2019: ORDER granting [5] Unopposed MOTION to Continue Deadlines. Preliminary Pretrial Statements due by 3/6/2020. Vaughn Index due by 3/6/2020. Case Management Plan due by 3/24/2020. Signed by Judge Donald W. Molloy on 12/30/2019. (NOS)
5. NYS 1:2019cv09669 — New York Times Company et al v. Department of the Treasury

   • January 2, 2020: ORDER granting [13] Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. GRANTED. The deadline in paragraph 5 of the Court's initial pretrial conference order, ECF No. 7 (requiring a jointly proposed case management plan and standard scheduling order), is ADJO URNED sine die. The initial pretrial conference scheduled for January 8, 2020 is ADJOURNED to February 11, 2020, at 12:20 p.m. By February 7, 2020, the parties shall submit a joint letter setting forth a jointly proposed schedule or the parties' positions regarding a schedule. SO ORDERED. (Initial Conference set for 2/11/2020 at 12:20 PM before Judge Analisa Torres.) (Signed by Judge Analisa Torres on 1/2/2020) (rro)