FOIA Activity: 3 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 3 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between January 22, 2023 and January 28, 2023. These are associated with 3 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 1:2022cv01132 — Earth Island Institute v. United States National Park Service, et al.

   • January 24, 2023: ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on January 24, 2023 as follows: Based on the parties' joint motion (ECF No. [15] ), the Court will GRANT the parties' request. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that: 1. The scheduling conference currently set for January 31, 2023, is continued to March 22, 2023, at 10:30 AM in Courtroom 10 (EPG) before Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean. To participate telephonically, each party is directed to use the following dial-in number and passcode: 1-888-251-2909; passcode 1024453. The parties shall file a joint status report one full week prior to the conference. (Rooney, M)
2. NYS 1:2022cv10299 — New York Times Company et al v. U.S. Department of Defense

   • January 26, 2023: ORDER, A status conference in this action is hereby scheduled for Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Counsel for the parties are directed to call Judge Figueredo's AT&T conference line at the scheduled time. Please dial (888) 808-6929; access code 9781335. SO ORDERED. ( Telephone Conference set for 3/14/2023 at 02:00 PM before Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo.) (Signed by Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo on 1/26/23) (yv)
3. TXN 3:2019cv02908 — Neal v. Burns

   • January 27, 2023: Order Accepting [20] Findings and Recommendations on Case re: [3] Complaint. (Ordered by Chief District Judge David C Godbey on 1/27/2023) (ndt)