FOIA Activity: 8 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 8 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between December 25, 2022 and December 31, 2022. These are associated with 8 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. CAE 2:2019cv02429 — (PS) Graham v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security et al

   • December 29, 2022: ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson on 12/28/22 GRANTING [49] Motion for Extension of Time. Plaintiff's [50] MSJ and Defendants' [51] & [52] Opposition to MSJ are deemed timely. Defendants' Reply and Opposition to Plaintiff's Cross Motion due by 1/13/23. Plaintiff's Reply due by 1/27/23. The Hearing for Motions for Summary Judgment is CONTINUED to 2/16/2023 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 9 (JDP) before Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson. (Woodworth, M.)
2. CAN 4:2020cv09117 — US Right to Know v. United States Department of Education

   • December 28, 2022: ORDER (AS MODIFIED) granting [37] Stipulation Continuing Initial Case Management Conference: Parties shall file a joint Case Management Conference Statement by 3/29/2023. Initial Case Management Conference is continued to 4/5/2023 01:30 PM i n Oakland, – Videoconference Only. All counsel, may access the webinar information at https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/dmr (This is a text only docket entry, there is no document associated with this notice.) Signed by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu on 12/28/2022. (ig, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/28/2022)
3. DC 1:2018cv01249 — WOODWARD v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al

   • December 27, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION denying [53] Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment and granting [56] Plaintiff's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. See document for details. Signed by Judge Rudolph Contreras on 12/27/22. (lcrc2)
4. DC 1:2022cv01378 — WRIGHT v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

   • December 30, 2022: MEMORANDUM OPINION denying [6] Defendant's Motion to Dismiss. See document for details. Signed by Judge Rudolph Contreras on 12-30-2022. (lcrc3)
5. MA 1:2021cv11891 — Sayed v. Maritime Administration

   • December 27, 2022: Judge Allison D. Burroughs: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER on Defendant's Motion For Summary Judgment. For the reasons stated herein, the Court finds that MARAD has failed to establish that it made a good faith effort to conduct a search for the request ed records, using methods reasonably expected to locate such information, and therefore DENIES its motion for summary judgment. [ECF No. [12] ]. The Court further permits the discovery requested by Plaintiff in the joint response to the Court’s order. See [ECF No. [10] at 5]. SO ORDERED. (McManus, Caetlin)
6. ME 2:2022cv00337 — GILBERT v. TRI-COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

   • December 29, 2022: ORDER AFFIRMING RECOMMENDED DECISION AND DISMISSING AMENDED COMPLAINT accepting [11] Report and Recommended Decision By JUDGE JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR. (CCS)
7. NV 2:2022cv00766 — Lovelace v. U.S. Department of Justice

   • December 27, 2022: ORDER Granting [7] Motion to Withdraw Writ of Mandamus. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED this action is dismissed. Signed by Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey on 12/27/2022. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF – JQC)
8. WAW 2:2022cv01329 — University of Washington et al v. United States Department of Homeland Security et al

   • December 29, 2022: ORDER Setting Bench Trial and Related Dates. Bench Trial is set for 2/20/2024 at 09:00 AM before Judge Tana Lin. Trial length: 2 days. Joinder of Parties due by 1/26/2023, Joint Status Report due by 2/1/2023, Amended Pleadings due by 2/23/20 23, Expert Witness Disclosure/Reports under FRCP 26(a)(2) due by 7/11/2023, Rebuttal Expert Disclosure/Reports due by 8/10/2023, Discovery motions due by 8/10/2023, Discovery completed by 9/1/2023, Dispositive motions due by 10/27/2023, Attorney set tlement conference to be held by 11/22/2023, 39.1 mediation to be completed by 12/22/2023, Motions in Limine due by 1/16/2024, Pretrial Order due by 1/30/2024, Trial briefs to be submitted by 2/6/2024, Final Pretrial Conference set for 2/13/2024 at 09:30 AM before Judge Tana Lin. Signed by Judge Tana Lin. (LH)