FOIA Activity: 11 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 11 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between July 8, 2018 and July 14, 2018. These are associated with 10 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. CAN 3:2017cv06557 — The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) v. United States Department of Justice

   • July 10, 2018: ORDER by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley granting in part and denying in part [26] Motion for Summary Judgment; denying [27] Motion for Summary Judgment. Joint Case Management Statement due by 7/26/2018. Further Case Management Conference set for 8/2/2018 at 1:30 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom F, 15th Floor. (ahmS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/10/2018)
2. CAN 3:2018cv00888 — Ecological Rights Foundation v. National Marine Fisheries Service

   • July 12, 2018: ORDER OF DISMISSAL. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on 7/12/2018. (ahm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/12/2018)
3. DC 1:2014cv00403 — SAI v. TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

   • July 11, 2018: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION AND ORDER denying Plaintiff's oral motion to clarify or amend the operative complaint. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 7/11/2018. (lcrdm1, )
4. DC 1:2015cv01459 — BROWN v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

   • July 12, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION Regarding [39] ORDER GRANTING Summary Judgment for Defendant and DENYING Summary Judgment for Plaintiff. Signed by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on 7/12/2018. (lcckk3)
5. DC 1:2017cv00767 — MIDDLE EAST FORUM v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

   • July 12, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER. Signed by Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey on 7/12/18. (lcgmh1)
6. DC 1:2017cv02588 — LIPTON et al v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

   • July 10, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge John D. Bates on 7/10/2018. (lcjdb2)
7. ILS 3:2018cv01276 — Mabie v. United States Marshals Service et al

   • July 10, 2018: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER, denying [16] MOTION for Recusal filed by William Mabie. Signed by Judge J. Phil Gilbert on 7/10/2018. (jdh)
   • July 12, 2018: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER, re: the Court to direct issuance and service of process. Signed by Judge J. Phil Gilbert on 7/12/2018. (jdh)
8. ND 1:2017cv00223 — Kuntz v. U.S. Department of Justice

   • July 11, 2018: ORDER by Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller, Jr. granting [9] Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction; denying [13] Motion for Summary Judgment. (BG) Distributed on 7/11/2018 (cjs).
9. NYS 1:2016cv08215 — Color of Change et al v. Department of Homeland Security et al

   • July 9, 2018: OPINION & ORDER re: [54] MOTION for Summary Judgment; [58] CROSS MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment: For the foregoing reasons, DHS's motion for partial summary judgment is granted and Plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment is denied. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the motions pending at ECF Nos. 54 and 58. The parties are directed to submit a joint status report by August 8, 2018. (Signed by Judge William H. Pauley, III on 7/9/2018) (jwh)
10. PAW 2:2017cv00210 — PROJECT ON PREDATORY STUDENT LENDING OF THE LEGAL SERVICES CENTER OF HARVARD LAW SCHOOL v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

    • July 9, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION granting, in part, and denying, in part, [47] Cross MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by PROJECT ON PREDATORY STUDENT LENDING OF THE LEGAL SERVICES CENTER OF HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, granting, in part and denying, in part [41] MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, granting, in part and denying, in part, [54] MOTION to Strike [44] Appendix, Statements from the Declarations of John Kornmeier and Michael A. Comber filed by P ROJECT ON PREDATORY STUDENT LENDING OF THE LEGAL SERVICES CENTER OF HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, and denying, as moot, [52] MOTION for Discovery in the Alternative Pursuant to R. 56(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure filed by PROJECT ON PREDATORY STUDENT LENDING OF THE LEGAL SERVICES CENTER OF HARVARD LAW SCHOOL (details more fully stated in said Memorandum Opinion). Signed by Judge Nora Barry Fischer on 7/9/2018. (bdk)