FOIA Activity: 10 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between July 19, 2020 and July 25, 2020. 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. CAS 3:2019cv00462 — The Children's Advocacy Institute v. Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families et al

   • July 22, 2020: ORDER: (1) Granting [25] Joint Motion to Vacate July 27, 2020 Status Conference; (2) Scheduling Settlement Disposition Conference. A Joint Motion to Dismiss must be electronically filed on or before September 8, 2020. If a Joint Motion to Dismiss an d proposed order to dismiss are not submitted on or before September 8, 2020, then a Settlement Disposition Conference will be held on September 14, 2020, at 10:00 AM before Judge Skomal. Signed by Magistrate Judge Bernard G. Skomal on 7/22/2020. (mme)
2. DC 1:2017cv01425 — AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE v. UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

   • July 24, 2020: MEMORANDUM OPINION re Defendants' [37] Motion for Summary Judgment and Plaintiff's [39] Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Trevor N. McFadden on 7/24/2020. (lctnm2)
3. DC 1:2017cv02078 — AMERICAN OVERSIGHT v. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY et al

   • July 22, 2020: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Reggie B. Walton on July 22, 2020. (lcrbw3)
4. DC 1:2018cv00246 — DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

   • July 22, 2020: MEMORANDUM OPINION regarding the defendant's [23] Motion for Summary Judgment and the plaintiff's [24] Motion for Summary Judgment. See text for details. Signed by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on July 22, 2020. (lcdlf3)
5. DC 1:2020cv00698 — BALDWIN v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • July 22, 2020: MEMORANDUM. Signed by Judge Royce C. Lamberth on 07/22/20. (lcmb)
6. MOW 4:2019cv00493 —

   • July 20, 2020: ORDER entered by Judge Ortrie D. Smith regarding email correspondence from Plaintiff's counsel. The Clerk's Office is directed to file these emails and their attachments. The Court strikes the emails and attachments but directs the Clerk& #039;s Office to maintain copies of these filings under seal. For his repeated violations of the Court's Orders, including but not limited to the Court's Orders prohibiting Plaintiff's counsel from emailing Chambers staff and Clerk&#0 39;s Office staff, the Court sanctions Plaintiff's counsel, Jack Jordan, in the amount of $500.00. This sum shall be paid to the Clerk of the Court within thirty days of this Order. For each future violation of the Court's Orders, the Court will sanction Plaintiff's counsel an additional $500.00 per violation. Plaintiff and her counsel are permitted to file a Notice of Appeal pertaining to this Order but shall not file anything further in this matter. The Court reit erates Plaintiff and her counsel are prohibited from contacting Chambers staff and Clerk's Office staff. The Court directs the Clerk's Office to transmit this Order to the Office of the Kansas Disciplinary Administrator and the New York Attorney Grievance Committee. Signed on 7/20/20 by District Judge Ortrie D. Smith. (Matthes Mitra, Renea) Modified on 7/20/2020 to reflect a copy of this Order has been mailed to: Kansas Judicial Branch Attn: Office of the Disciplinary Administrat or 31 SW 10th Avenue Topeka, KS 66612-1507 (Ellis, Lindsey). Modified on 7/22/2020 to note that a copy of the Order was mailed to the following addresses: Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Department 180 Maiden Lane 17th Flo or New York, NY 10038 Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts Renaissance Plaza 335 Adams Street, Suite 2400 Brooklyn, NY 11201-3745 Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial Distric t 399 Knollwood Road, Suite 200 White Plains, NY 10603 Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District 150 Motor Parkway, Suite 102 Hauppauge, NY 11788 Attorney Grievance Committee 286 Washington Avenue Extension Suite 200 Albany, New York 12203 Grievance Committee for the Fifth Judicial District Syracuse Square 224 Harrison Street, Suite 408 Syracuse, NY 13202-3066 Attorney Grievance Committee 50 East Avenue, Suite 404 Rochester, NY 14604-2206 Grievance Committee for the Eighth Judicial District 438 Main Street, Suite 800 Buffalo, NY 14202-3212 (Woods, Gloria).
7. NYS 1:2020cv04011 — Lederman et al v. United States Department of State

   • July 20, 2020: ORDER granting [10] Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. The Initial Pretrial Conference currently set for July 23, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. is rescheduled to August 11, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. Counsel shall jointly complete and file Judge Lehrburger's [ Proposed] Civil Case Management Plan and Scheduling Order, which must be submitted in compliance with Judge Lehrburger's Individual Practices, no later than August 4, 2020, by 5:00 p.m. SO ORDERED. Initial Conference set for 8/11/2020 at 02:30 PM before Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger on 7/20/2020) (mml)
8. NYW 1:2017cv00276 — Jabar v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration

   • July 21, 2020: ORDER granting [13] Motion to Dismiss; denying [22] Motion for Summary Judgment; adopting Report and Recommendations re [32] Report and Recommendations. Signed by Hon. John L. Sinatra, Jr. on 7/21/20. (SG)
9. PAE 2:2019cv01163 — MANATT et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY et al

   • July 20, 2020: MEMORANDUM AND/OR OPINION RE: MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JOSHUA D. WOLSON ON 07/20/2020. 07/202020 ENTERED AND E-MAILED.(ja, )
   • July 20, 2020: ORDER DENYING [22] PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND GRANTING IN PART AS TO COUNT IV AND DENYING IN PART [23] DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR THE REASONS STATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING MEMORANDUM. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED TH AT A HEARING WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 13, 2020 AT 10:00 AM, VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE, CONCERNING DHS'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE COURT'S ORDER DATED NOVEMBER 20, 2019. FURTHER INFORMATION AND DEADLINES AS OUTLINED HEREIN. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JOSHUA D. WOLSON ON 07/20/2020. 07/20/2020 ENTERED AND E-MAILED.(ja, )