FOIA Activity: 10 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between July 26, 2020 and August 1, 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. DC 1:2007cv02050 — BLOCHE et al v. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE et al

   • July 27, 2020: MEMORANDUM OPINION granting [127] Defendant's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. See document for details. Signed by Judge Rudolph Contreras on 07/27/2020. (lcrc3)
2. DC 1:2018cv02823 — AGUIAR v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

   • July 27, 2020: ORDER. Signed by Judge Carl J. Nichols on July 27, 2020. (lccjn1)
3. FLM 6:2019cv00427 — Rominov Investment Services Inc. et al v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security et al

   • July 27, 2020: ORDER adopting [33] REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 28) is GRANTED. Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 29) is DENIED. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment in favor of Defendants and thereafter close the file. Signed by Judge Gregory A. Presnell on 7/27/2020. (LAM)
4. FLM 8:2020cv01248 — Hooker v. Wilkie et al

   • July 31, 2020: ORDER granting 8 Motion to Dismiss. Should Plaintiff not file an amended complaint within fourteen (14) days, this case will be closed. Signed by Judge William F. Jung on 7/31/2020. (CCB)
5. NYS 1:2019cv02911 — Garcia Gonzalez v. US Citizenship & Immigration Services et al

   • July 29, 2020: OPINION AND ORDER re: [45] MOTION to Unseal Document or Strike. filed by Delfino Garcia Gonzalez, [44] MOTION for Summary Judgment. filed by Delfino Garcia Gonzalez, [40] MOTION for Summary Judgment. filed by U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, US Department of Homeland Security, [53] LETTER MOTION to Continue Oral Argument addressed to Judge John G. Koeltl from Plaintiff Delfino Garcia Gonzalez dated June 17, 2020. filed by Delfino Garcia Gonzalez. The Court has considered all the arguments of the parties in this opinion and in the companion opinion issued ex parte and filed under seal. To the extent not specifically discussed, the arguments are either moot or without merit. The plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and to strike the in camera and ex parte submissions in this case are denied. The Government's motion for summary judgment is granted. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment for the Govern ment dismissing the complaint and against the plaintiff. The Clerk is also directed to close all pending motions and to close this case. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge John G. Koeltl on 7/29/2020) (ks) Transmission to Orders and Judgments Clerk for processing.
   • July 30, 2020: CLERK'S JUDGMENT re: [59] Memorandum & Opinion. in favor of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, US Department of Homeland Security against Delfino Garcia Gonzalez. It is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED: That for the reasons stated in the Court's Opinion and Order dated July 29, 2020, The Court has considered all the arguments of the parties in this opinion and in the companion opinion issued ex parte and filed under seal; To the extent not specifically discussed, the arg uments are either moot or without merit; The plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and to strike the in camera and ex parte submissions in this case are denied. The Government's motion for summary judgment is granted; Judgment is entered for the Government and against the plaintiff; the complaint is dismissed, and this case is closed. (Signed by Clerk of Court Ruby Krajick on 07/30/2020) (Attachments: # 1 Notice of Right to Appeal) (dt)
6. NYS 1:2020cv02283 — The Legal Aid Society v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

   • July 30, 2020: ORDER: The Court is in receipt of the parties' proposed stipulation and order (Dkt. No. 49). That stipulation and order imposes a deadline for production of documents except for documents to be reviewed by agencies other than HUD and the Wh ite House. In order to assist the Court's review of the proposed stipulation and order, the Government is ORDERED to submit a letter on ECF by no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 31, 2020 with its best understanding of the agencies other than HUD and the White House who will need to review any of the requested documents and its best estimate of the percentage of documents requiring White House review that will also require review by agencies other than HUD. The conference previously set for July 31, 2020 is CANCELLED. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Lewis J. Liman on 7/30/2020) (va)
7. NYS 1:2020cv04728 — International Refugee Assistance Project, Inc. v. United States Department of State

   • July 28, 2020: ORDER: This case arises under the Freedom of Information Act, Title 5, United States Code, Section 552. It is hereby ORDERED that counsel for all parties appear for a telephonic initial status conference with the Court on August 26, 2020 at 11:00 a. m. Counsel for the parties should dial (888) 557-8511 at the scheduled time. The access code is 9300838. Interested members of the public may dial in but are asked to mute their phones. So Ordered. (Initial Conference set for 8/26/2020 at 11:00 AM before Judge J. Paul Oetken.) (Signed by Judge J. Paul Oetken on 7/27/2020) (js)
8. TXW 5:2016cv00972 — Eakin v. United States Department of Defense

   • July 30, 2020: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Royce C. Lamberth. (lcrcl3)
9. WAW 2:2019cv00334 — Davis Wright Tremaine LLP v. United States Customs and Border Protection

   • July 30, 2020: ORDER re parties' [37] Stipulated Motion. The parties have agreed to meet and confer no later than August 11 to discuss the search protocol and CBP's compliance with the other portions of the Court's order [36] , and will submit a report to the Court on August 14, 2020. Signed by Judge Ricardo S. Martinez. (PM)