FOIA Activity: 6 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 6 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between April 10, 2022 and April 16, 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 1:2012cv00939 — VOLLMANN v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al

   • April 14, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION re: Plaintiff's [37] Motion for Attorney's Fees and Costs. Signed by Judge Florence Y. Pan on 4/14/22. (lcaa)
2. DC 1:2018cv02370 — BUZZFEED INC. v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • April 13, 2022: OPINION AND ORDER denying [29] Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees. See full Opinion and Order for details. Signed by Judge Christopher R. Cooper on 4/13/2022. (lccrc2)
3. DC 1:2020cv01128 — LOUISE TRAUMA CENTER LLC v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

   • April 11, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION re Defendant's [27] Motion for Summary Judgment and Plaintiff's [29] Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Trevor N. McFadden on 4/11/22. (lctnm2)
4. NJ 2:2020cv15673 — PARSICK v. UNITED STATES ARMY

   • April 11, 2022: OPINION & ORDER that Plaintiff's [29] Motion for Discovery is DENIED. etc. Signed by Magistrate Judge Andre M. Espinosa on 4/11/2022. (ams, )
5. NYS 1:2021cv10420 — The New York Times Company et al v. United States Department of Health And Human Services

   • April 12, 2022: ORDER: 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 April 22, 2022. Any motio n to amend or to join additional parties filed after the deadline in this paragraph will be subject to the "good cause" standard in Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). The parties do not anticipate any discovery. The parties report that they are c onferring with regard to plaintiffs' FOIA requests but are not yet in a position to propose a production schedule to the Court. Consequently, the conference scheduled for April 13, 2022is ADJOURNED to May 9, 2022, at 12:00 noon, in Courtroom 2 0A of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse. No later than May 2, 2022, the parties shall submit a joint status letter updating the Court on the progress of the case, including the schedule of production, and shall propose a schedul e for the filing of summary judgment motions if necessary. Any application for extension or adjournment of the time limits, deadlines or conferences set forth above must be made by letter-motion, in accordance with this Courts Individual Practices as soon as the need for the extension or adjournment is reasonably apparent to the party making the application. Applications made after the expiration of the deadline in question may be summarily denied. (Motions due by 4/22/2022., Initial Conference set for 5/9/2020 at 12:00 PM in Courtroom 20A, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 before Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses.) (Signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses on 4/12/2022) (rro)
6. WAW 2:2019cv00334 — Davis Wright Tremaine LLP v. United States Customs and Border Protection

   • April 11, 2022: ORDER re Parties' [57] Stipulated MOTION. The parties request that the Court grant them sufficient time to engage in settlement negotiations and propose updating the Court on their progress in 60 days. IT IS SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Ricardo S. Martinez. (SB)