FOIA Activity: 5 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 5 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between December 9, 2018 and December 15, 2018. These are associated with 5 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 2:2018cv00431 — (PS) Clavito v. U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs

   • December 10, 2018: ORDER DISMISSING CASE signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 12/10/18 GRANTING [15] Motion to Dismiss. This action is dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED. (Coll, A)
2. DC 1:2016cv02465 — RODRIGUEZ v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

   • December 14, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER granting [35] Defendant Executive Office for U.S. Attorney's Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment and [40] Defendant Criminal Division's Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment. See attached Memorandum Opinion and Order for additional details. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 12/14/2018. (lcapm3)
3. MOW 5:2018cv06129 — Jordan v. U.S. Department of Labor

   • December 14, 2018: ORDER granting [13] Defendant's motion to partially dismiss case.; granting [15] Defendant's motion for extension of time to file response to [6] Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment; withdrawing [22] Plaintiff's motion regardi ng Rule 26(f) conference; granting in part and denying in part [23] Plaintiff's motion to rule on Defendant's motion for extension of time and enlarge time to file proposed scheduling order. Defendant shall file its response to Plaintiff&#0 39;s motion for summary judgment by no later than December 24, 2018. The parties shall file their joint proposed scheduling order by no later than fourteen days after Defendant files its response to Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. Signed on 12/14/2018 by District Judge Ortrie D. Smith.(Kitsmiller, Julia)
4. SC 3:2018cv00998 — Robinson v. Department of Veterans Affairs

   • December 11, 2018: ORDER RULING ON REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION for [23] Report and Recommendation. The court declines to accept the recommendation of the Magistrate Judge at this time. Defendant is directed to complete Plaintiff's FOIA req uest no later than December 14, 2018, and to report to the court once production is completed. If Defendant fails to complete production of therequested documents by the deadline, the court will grant Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. Signed by Honorable Margaret B Seymour on 12/3/2018. (mdea )
5. WAW 2:2018cv00655 — Mora-Villalpando v. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al

   • December 13, 2018: STIPULATION AND ORDER for extension of deadlines re parties' [33] Stipulated Motion: Defendants will file their motion for summary judgment by 12/24/2018. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (SWT)