FOIA Activity: 10 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between May 14, 2023 and May 20, 2023. These are associated with 9 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. AK 3:2022cv00178 — Numann v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

   • May 17, 2023: ORDER denying [15] Motion for Summary Judgment. Defendant shall file dispositive motions within 30 days. See order for additional deadlines. Signed by Judge Joshua M. Kindred on 5/17/2023. (ANM, COURT STAFF)
2. CAC 8:2020cv01188 — UCI Law School Immigrant Rights Clinic v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

   • May 15, 2023: MINUTE ORDER (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL CASE by Judge David O. Carter, re Stipulation to Dismiss Case [44] SEE DOCUMENT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. Case Terminated. Made JS-6. (twdb)
3. CAE 2:2022cv02148 — Jamul Action Committee v. Dept. of Interior et al

   • May 16, 2023: STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 05/16/23 CONTINUING the Motion to Dismiss and the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference to 8/11/2023 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 3 (KJM) before Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller. (Licea Chavez, V)
4. CAE 2:2023cv00423 — (PS) Rossington et al v. Mountain Circle Family Service, Inc., et al

   • May 18, 2023: ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis M. Cota on 05/17/2023 RESETTING the [36] Motion to Strike and [38] Motion to Remand to 6/21/2023 at 10:00 AM in Redding (DMC) before Magistrate Judge Dennis M. Cota. The [42] and [43] Parties' Request for remote appearances, are construed to seek remote appearances on 06/21/2023, and will be addressed separately in advance of that hearing. (Rodriguez, E)
5. CAN 3:2022cv05538 — Marquardt v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority et al

   • May 18, 2023: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. Show Cause Response due by 6/1/2023. Signed by Judge Charles R. Breyer on 05/18/2023. (crblc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/18/2023) Any non-CM/ECF Participants have been served by First Class Mail to the addresses of record listed on the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF)
6. DC 1:2020cv01128 — LOUISE TRAUMA CENTER LLC v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

   • May 16, 2023: MEMORANDUM OPINION re Plaintiff's [54] Motion for Attorney's Fees. See attached Opinion for details. Signed by Judge Trevor N. McFadden on 5/16/2023. (lctnm2)
7. HI 1:2023cv00175 — In Re: Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest

   • May 17, 2023: ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART CIVIL BEAT'S MOTION TO UNSEAL THE GOVERNMENT'S DOWNWARD DEPARTURE MOTION re [1] The court directs the Government to prepare an unsealed version of the motion for downward departure, redact ed only as permitted by this order. This new version of the downward departure motion shall be filed in both this action and in Crim. No. 22-00013. Once the new version of the downward departure motion has been filed, the Clerk of Court shall enter partial judgment for Civil Beat consistent with this order and shall then close this civil action. Signed by JUDGE SUSAN OKI MOLLWAY on 5/17/2023. (cib)
8. NYE 2:2023cv02915 — Kinsella v. Bureau Of Ocean Energy Management et al

   • May 18, 2023: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: Plaintiffs motion [35] for a preliminary injunction is DENIED. Ordered by Judge Frederic Block on 5/18/2023. (MI)
9. NYS 1:2019cv08905 — International Refugee Assistance Project v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services et al.

   • May 17, 2023: ORDER denying without prejudice [86] Motion for Summary Judgment; denying without prejudice [90] Motion for Summary Judgment; denying as moot [111] Letter Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply re [86] MOTION for Summary Judgmen t., [90] CROSS MOTION for Summary Judgment and Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment., [111] JOINT LETTER MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply addressed to Judge John G. Koeltl from Dana Walsh Kumar dated 05/12/2023. For the reasons stated during today's telephone conference, the cross-motions for summary judgment (ECF Nos. 86, 90) are denied without prejudice. The parties' motion for an extension of time to complete briefing on those motions (ECF No. 111) is denied as moot. The parties shall file a status report by June 12, 2023. If the parties have not reached a settlement by that date, the status report should include a proposed schedule for briefing on renew ed cross-motions for summary judgment. In the status report, the parties also should advise whether they seek a reference to the Magistrate Judge for settlement or for all purposes. The Clerk is directed to close ECF Nos. 86, 90, and 111. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge John G. Koeltl on 5/17/2023) (jca)
   • May 17, 2023: ORDER The Clerk is directed to lift the stay of this action issued on May 12, 2023 (ECF No. 112). SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge John G. Koeltl on 5/17/2023) (jca)