POWER THE FUTURE v. WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY and 20 other new FOIA lawsuits
We have added 128 documents from 21 FOIA cases filed between June 30, 2024 and July 6, 2024. Note that there can be delays between the date a case is filed and when it shows up on PACER. If there are filings from this period that have yet to be posted on PACER, this FOIA Project list may not be complete.
Click on a case title below to view details for that case, including links to the associated docket and complaint documents.
- POWER THE FUTURE v. WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (filed Jul 2, 2024)
Power the Future submitted a FOIA request to the Council for Environmental Quality for records concerning non-text and non-email correspondence of a named official during a certain of period of time. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, Power the Future filed suit.
Issues: Litigation – Attorney’s fees, Failure to respond within statutory time limit - DENTONS US LLP v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES et al (filed Jul 1, 2024)
Dentons US submitted a FOIA request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for records concerning communications between CMS, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, and the Arizona governor’s office related to various programs. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, Dentons US filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - POWER THE FUTURE v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (filed Jul 1, 2024)
Power the Future submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Energy for records concerning calendar invitations of one named official during a specific time period. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request. The agency asked Power the Future to clarify the request which it did. After hearing nothing further from the agency, Power the Future filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - FUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE v. U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (filed Jul 1, 2024)
Functional Government Initiative submitted four FOIA requests to the FDA for records concerning travel records for the director of the Center for Tobacco Products. The agency acknowledged receipt of the requests but after hearing nothing further from the agency FGI filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Adequacy – Search, Litigation – Vaughn index, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & OVERSIGHT v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (filed Jul 1, 2024)
Government Accountability & Oversight Submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Energy for records concerning text messages from a named official during a period of time. GAO also requested expedited processing. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, GAO filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Expedited processing – Compelling Need, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - POWER THE FUTURE v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (filed Jul 2, 2024)
Power the Future submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Energy for records concerning correspondence from a named official. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, Power the Future filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - PROJECT FOR PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE ACCOUNTABILITY, INC. v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (filed Jul 2, 2024)
Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability submitted a FOIA request to the FBI for records concerning the agency’s use of Section 702 of FISA to surveil people attending a Trump rally or a Black Lives Matter rally. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request. The agency told PPSA that it could search for responsive records. PPSA then filed an administrative appeal. After hearing nothing further from the agency, PPSA filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Adequacy – Search, Litigation – Vaughn index, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - POWER THE FUTURE v. WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (filed Jul 3, 2024)
Power the Future submitted a FOIA request to the Council for Environmental Quality for records concerning correspondence of a named official during a specific period of time. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, Power the Future filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - CASE NUMBER NOT USED (filed Jul 3, 2024)
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- DAVIDSON v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (filed Jul 3, 2024)
Nilcella Davdison submitted a FOIA request to the Department of State for records concerning records about a tourist visa involving her from Brazil during 1991-1993. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request. The agency provided some records but withheld others under Exemption 3 (other statutes). Davidson filed an administrative appeal but after hearing nothing further from the agency, she filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (filed Jul 3, 2024)
Judicial Watch submitted a FOIA request to the Department of State for records concerning a congressional delegation in Cuba in February 2024 The agency acknowledged receipt of the request. After hearing nothing further from the agency, Judicial Watch filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Adequacy – Search, Litigation – Vaughn index, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. v. U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (filed Jul 3, 2024)
Waste Management, Inc. submitted a FOIA request to the IRS for the admi9nistrative tax file for WMI 2017. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request. After hearing nothing further from the agency, WMI filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation – Vaughn index, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - WARRINGTON v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al (filed Jul 3, 2024)
James Warrington, an attorney, submitted a FOIA request to the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Justice for records concerning litigation involving a plane crash in Northport, AL in 2016. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, Warrington filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Adequacy – Search, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & OVERSIGHT v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (filed Jul 3, 2024)
Government Accountability & Oversight submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Energy for records concerning correspondence sent to a senior official during a specified period of time. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request. After hearing nothing further from the agency, GAO filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - Valencia v. Federal Bureau of Prisons (filed Jul 2, 2024)
Blanca Valencia submitted a FOIA request to the Bureau of Prisons for records concerning the death of her son in Coleman federal prison. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, Valencia filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - Rand v. United States Securities and Exchange Commission et al (filed Jul 3, 2024)
Michael Rand submitted FOIA requests to the SEC and the Department of Justice for records concerning his confinement. He also asked for expedited processing. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but denied his request for expedited processing. After hearing nothing further from the agencies, Rand filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Expedited processing, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - Wrigley v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (filed Jul 2, 2024)
Drew Wrigley, Attorney General of North Dakota, submitted a FOIA request to the EPA for records concerning various topics. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request. After hearing nothing further from the agency, Wrigley filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (filed Jul 3, 2024)
Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund submitted a FOIA request to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for records concerning temporary labor certifications related to an identified case number. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, NEEDF filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation – Attorney’s fees - Gastanaga v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (filed Jul 1, 2024)
Claire Gastanaga submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Health and Human Services for records concerning the award of a specific grant to the Mattaponi Indian Reservation. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency Gastanaga filed suit.
Issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation – Attorney’s fees
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