FOIA Activity: 6 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 6 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between December 18, 2022 and December 24, 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. CAS 3:2021cv01079 — National Public Radio, Inc. v. U.S. Central Command et al

   • December 19, 2022: ORDER Affirming Tentative Rulings Re: Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment and Plaintiffs' Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment – granting [23] Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Michael M. Anello on 12/19/2022. (ave)
2. DC 1:2019cv01146 — NBC 7 SAN DIEGO et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY et al

   • December 20, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Reggie B. Walton on December 20, 2022. (lcrbw2)
3. DC 1:2021cv01670 — NAUMES v. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

   • December 19, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION re. [31] Order on Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge James E. Boasberg on 12/19/2022. (lcjeb1)
4. ME 2:2022cv00337 — GILBERT v. TRI-COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

   • December 19, 2022: REPORT AND RECOMMENDED DECISION re [1] Complaint. Objections to R&R due by 1/3/2023. By MAGISTRATE JUDGE JOHN C. NIVISON. (MFS)
5. NYS 1:2017cv07572 — Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University v. Department of Homeland Security et al

   • December 20, 2022: ORDER granting [210] Letter Motion to Stay re: [210] JOINT LETTER MOTION to Stay Processing and Status Update addressed to Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. from AUSA Ellen Blain dated December 19, 2022. SO ORDERED.. (Signed by Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr on 12/20/2022) (kv)
6. NYS 1:2020cv10625 — Immigrant Defense Project et al v. United States Department of Homeland Security et al

   • December 19, 2022: ORDER: The parties shall appear for a conference on January 4, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. to discuss the extent of the overlap between the underlying FOIA requests in these two cases, and the effect, if any, that Immigrant Defense Project II has on t he pending cross-motions for summary judgment in the instant case. The parties shall file a letter advising the Court whether they would like to appear in person or telephonically for this conference. If the scheduled date and time is inconvenie nt for the parties, the parties shall confer and propose an alternate date. ( Status Conference set for 1/4/2023 at 12:00 PM before Judge Ronnie Abrams.) (Signed by Judge Ronnie Abrams on 12/19/2022) (ate) (Main Document 58 replaced on 12/21/2022) (tro). Modified on 12/21/2022 (tro).