FOIA Activity: 6 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 6 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between May 8, 2022 and May 14, 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. CAN 4:2021cv09633 — The Center for Investigative Reporting et al v. Department of Homeland Security

   • May 10, 2022: ORDER (as modified) Granting [21] STIPULATION to Continue Case Management Conference. Case Management Statement due by 6/21/2022 and Initial Case Management Conference set for 6/28/2022 02:00 PM. The June 28th proceeding will be held b y AT&T Conference Line. The parties are advised that in the event of an audio problem, counsel should be prepared to attend the hearing via Zoom conference at the Courts direction. The court circulates the following conference number to allow the eq uivalent of a public hearing by telephone. For conference line information, see: https://apps.cand.uscourts.gov/telhrg/ All counsel, members of the public and press please use the following dial-in information below to access the conference line: Dial In: 888-808-6929 Access Code: 6064255 The Court may be in session with proceedings in progress when you connect to the conference line. Therefore, mute your phone if possible and wait for the Court to address you before sp eaking on the line. For call clarity, parties shall NOT use speaker phone or earpieces for these calls, and where at all possible, parties shall use landlines. The parties are further advised to ensure that the Court can hear and understand them cl early before speaking at length. PLEASE NOTE: Persons granted access to court proceedings held by telephone or videoconference are reminded that photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings, including screenshots or other visual copying of a hearing, is absolutely prohibited. See General Order 58 at Paragraph III. Signed by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. on 5/10/2022.(ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/10/2022)
2. CAN 4:2021cv09680 — The Center for Investigative Reporting et al v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

   • May 11, 2022: ORDER GRANTING [25] STIPULATION to Continue Case Management Conference. Case Management Statement due by 6/7/2022. Initial Case Management Conference set for 6/14/2022 02:00 PM. The June 14th proceeding will be held by AT&T Conference Line. The parties are advised that in the event of an audio problem, counsel should be prepared to attend the hearing via Zoom conference at the Courts direction. The court circulates the following conference number to allow the equivalent of a pub lic hearing by telephone. For conference line information, see: https://apps.cand.uscourts.gov/telhrg/ All counsel, members of the public and press please use the following dial-in information below to access the conference line: Dial In: 888-808-6929 Access Code: 6064255 The Court may be in session with proceedings in progress when you connect to the conference line. Therefore, mute your phone if possible and wait for the Court to address you before speaking on the lin e. For call clarity, parties shall NOT use speaker phone or earpieces for these calls, and where at all possible, parties shall use landlines. The parties are further advised to ensure that the Court can hear and understand them clearly before spea king at length. PLEASE NOTE: Persons granted access to court proceedings held by telephone or videoconference are reminded that photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings, including screenshots or other visual copying of a hearing, is absolutely prohibited. See General Order 58 at Paragraph III. Signed by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. on 5/11/2022. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/11/2022)
3. DC 1:2017cv00098 — STORY OF STUFF PROJECT et al v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE

   • May 13, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER granting in part [50] Plaintiffs' Motion for Costs and Attorneys' Fees. See attached Memorandum Opinion & Order for details. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 5/13/2022. (lcapm2)
4. DC 1:2020cv01756 — EMUWA et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

   • May 9, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION re the parties' [14] , [16] Motions for Summary Judgment in light of the [30] , [31] , [32] supplemental briefing and the remand from the D.C. Circuit. Signed by Judge Trevor N. McFadden on 5/9/22. (lctnm2)
5. DC 1:2020cv03761 — NEWMAN v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS et al

   • May 13, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION re: Defendants' [17] Motion for Summary Judgment and Plaintiff's [21] Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Trevor N. McFadden on 5/13/2022. (lctnm1)
6. DC 1:2022cv00998 — ORTIZ v. YELLEN

   • May 11, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Trevor N. McFadden on 5/11/2022. (zmh)