FOIA Activity: 10 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between February 27, 2022 and March 5, 2022. These are associated with 10 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 4:2021cv09680 — The Center for Investigative Reporting et al v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

   • February 28, 2022: ORDER (as modified) by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. Granting [16] Stipulation to Continue Case Management Conference. Case Management Statement due by 3/29/2022 and Initial Case Management Conference set for 4/5/2022 02:00 PM. Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the parties will be advised closer to the hearing whether it will take place telephonically or in person.(ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/28/2022)
2. DC 1:1999cv02513 — COOPER v. DOJ, et al

   • March 1, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Reggie B. Walton on March 1, 2022. (lcrbw1)
3. DC 1:2015cv00531 — BAGWELL v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • March 1, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION re [121] ORDER granting in part and denying in part [109] Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment; denying [113] Plaintiff's Cross-Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Christopher R. Cooper on 3/1/2022. (lccrc2)
4. DC 1:2021cv01670 — NAUMES v. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

   • February 28, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION re. Order [15] on Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge James E. Boasberg on 2/28/2022. (lcjeb2)
5. MOE 4:2021cv01138 — Hall v. United States of America et al

   • March 4, 2022: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall transfer this case to the United States District Court for the District of Utah. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(b). Signed by District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on 3/4/2022. (KEK)
6. NYS 1:2015cv05487 — Seife v. United States Food and Drug Administration

   • March 4, 2022: ORDER granting [92] Letter Motion for Extension of Time to File. The foregoing extension request is granted. Dkt. no. 92 resolved. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 3/4/2022) (js)
7. NYS 1:2021cv08440 — Project South et al v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al

   • March 3, 2022: INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER: After consultation with the parties, the Court adopts the following case management and scheduling order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16: 1: The parties shall not amend their pleadings, or join additional parties, absent leave of the Court. Any motion to amend or to join additional parties pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) shall be filed no later than March 17, 2022. Any motion to amend or to join additional parties filed after the deadline in this par agraph will be subject to the "good cause" standard in Fed. R.Civ. P. 16(b)(4). 2. The parties do not anticipate any discovery. 3. The parties report that they are meeting and conferring with regard to plaintiffs' FOIA reques ts and are not yet in a position to propose either a production schedule or a deadline for defendants to file a summary judgment motion. Consequently, Judge Moses will conduct a status and scheduling conference on April 25, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 20A of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse. No later than April 18, 2022, the parties shall submit a joint status letter updating the Court, on an agency by agency basis, as to (i) whether the parties have agreed on search terms and custodians; (ii) whether the government has conducted one or more searches and, if so, the volume of documents returned; (iii) whether the government has produced responsive documents and, if so, the volume of documents produced; an d (iv) on what schedule the government will conduct any further searches and/or produce any further documents. The joint letter shall also propose a summary judgment schedule. 4. Any application for extension or adjournment of the time limits, d eadlines or conferences set forth above must be made by letter motion, in accordance with this Court's Individual Practices as soon as the need for the extension or adjournment is reasonably apparent to the party making the application. Appli cations made after the expiration of the deadline in question may be summarily denied. SO ORDERED. ( Motions due by 3/17/2022.), ( Status Conference set for 4/25/2022 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 20A, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 before Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses.) (Signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses on 3/3/2022) (vfr)
8. RI 1:2022cv00074 — Velasquez v. Marte

   • March 2, 2022: REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS re [2] MOTION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis filed by Diego Velasquez recommending that Plaintiff's complaint be summarily DISMISSED pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) Objections to R&R due by 3/16/2022. So Ordered by Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Sullivan on 3/2/2022. (Leyva, Lucia)
9. TXW 5:2016cv00972 — Eakin v. United States Department of Defense

   • March 2, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re [94] Motion to Amend Complaint, filed by John Eakin. Signed by Judge Royce C. Lamberth. (mgr)
10. WAW 2:2019cv00645 — National Parks Conservation Association v. US Department of the Navy

    • March 1, 2022: ORDER re Parties' [81] Stipulated MOTION to Stay and [Proposed] Order and Joint Status Report. The Court orders the parties to provide this Court with a status update within 45 days. Signed by Judge Thomas S. Zilly. (SR)