FOIA Activity: 7 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 7 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between January 30, 2022 and February 5, 2022. These are associated with 6 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 1:2018cv01249 — WOODWARD v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al

   • February 1, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION: GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART [40] Defendant's Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment; GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART [43] Plaintiff's Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment. See document for details. Signed by Judge Rudolph Contreras on 02/01/2022. (lcrc2)
2. DC 1:2018cv02784 — AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION et al v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

   • February 2, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Carl J. Nichols on February 2, 2022. (lccjn2)
3. DC 1:2020cv03517 — LOUISE TRAUMA CENTER LLC v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • January 30, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION: DENYING [14] Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment; GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART [17] Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment. See document for details. Signed by Judge Rudolph Contreras on 1/30/2022. (lcrc2)
4. NYS 1:2020cv06177 — Informed Consent Action Network v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

   • February 4, 2022: ORDER granting [21] Letter Motion for Extension of Time to File. APPLICATION GRANTED. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge John G. Koeltl on 2/4/2022) (ks)
5. NYS 1:2021cv08427 — Torres v. U.S. Department of Justice

   • February 1, 2022: ORDER OF DISMISSAL: Plaintiff's second amended complaint, filed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), is dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). The Court certifies under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith, and therefore in forma pauperis status is denied for the purpose of an appeal. See Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 444-45 (1962). The Clerk of Court is directed to mail a copy of this order to Plaintiff and note service on the docket. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 2/1/22) (rdz) Transmission to Docket Assistant Clerk for processing.
   • February 1, 2022: CIVIL JUDGMENT: IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the second amended complaint is dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). The Court certifies under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the Court's judgment would no t be taken in good faith. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court mail a copy of this judgment to Plaintiff and note service on the docket. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 2/1/22) (Attachments: # 1 PRO SE APPEAL PACKAGE) (rdz) Transmission to Docket Assistant Clerk for processing.
6. NYS 1:2021cv10673 — Bonner v. Central Intelligence Agency

   • January 31, 2022: ORDER: This case, which was filed on December 14, 2021, has been accepted as related to Bonner v. Federal Bureau of Investigation et al., No. 21 Civ. 2166 (S.D.N.Y.). In light of plaintiff's representation that the subject matter at issue in this case is "likely to cover the same, or closely-related, topics and events" as the subject matter at issue in the related case, Dkt. 4, the Court assumes that minimal discovery will be needed. Counsel are directed immediately to conf er on this point and to propose a case management plan no later than February 14, 2022, anticipating the completion of supplemental fact discovery within six weeks. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on 1/31/2022) (va) Modified on 2/1/2022 (va).