FOIA Activity: 10 New Procedural or Substantive Decisions

We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between December 1, 2019 and December 7, 2019. 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 3:2017cv03263 — Electronic Frontier Foundation v. US Department of Justice

   • December 3, 2019: ORDER OF DISMISSAL. Signed by Judge Vince Chhabria on 12/3/2019. (knm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/3/2019)
2. DC 1:2016cv00124 — CLIMATE INVESTIGATIONS CENTER v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

   • December 6, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re: [37] Defendant's Second Motion for Summary Judgment and [38] Plaintiff's Second Motion for Summary Judgment. See the attached Memorandum Opinion and Order for additional details. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 12/06/2019. (lcapm3)
3. DC 1:2017cv00780 — SPURLING v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al

   • December 3, 2019: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Judge Reggie B. Walton on 12/2/19. (ms)
4. DC 1:2018cv01964 — CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING v. U.S. IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT et al

   • December 3, 2019: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Judge Carl J. Nichols on December 3, 2019. (lccjn2)
5. DC 1:2019cv00070 — BUZZFEED, INC. v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

   • December 4, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION re Defendant's [17] Motion for Summary Judgment and Plaintiff's [18] Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Trevor N. McFadden on 12/4/2019. (lctnm3)
6. DC 1:2019cv02906 — ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER v. NATIONAL SECURITY COMMISSION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE et al

   • December 3, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER denying the Government's [23] Motion to Dismiss FOIA claims. Signed by Judge Trevor N. McFadden on 12/3/2019. (lctnm2)
7. KS 2:2017cv02706 — DocuFreedom Inc. v. United States Department of Justice et al

   • December 6, 2019: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED BY THE COURT THAT DOJ's Motion forSummary Judgment is granted on Items 4, 10, 39, 49, and 50. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the parties must inform the court whether the court has resolved all claims in the case, and, if not, to propose a form of judgment to enter aspart of closing the case. The court directs the parties to contact Courtroom Deputy Megan Garrett at KSD_Crabtree_Chambers@ksd.uscourts.gov by December 20, 2019. Signed by District Judge Daniel D. Crabtree on 12/6/19. (hw)
8. MOW 6:2018cv03337 — Satterlee v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service et al

   • December 2, 2019: ORDER granting [39] motion for reconsideration. Upon reconsideration, the Court finds Plaintiff has failed to exhaust administrative remedies. Plaintiff's claims against Treasury are dismissed. Signed on 12/2/19 by District Judge Roseann Ketchmark. (Dollar, Jordan) Mailed to Ronald Leroy Satterlee, HC71, PMB 259A, Ava, MO 65608 on 12/3/2019 (Crocker, Susan).
9. NYS 1:2017cv05928 — Natural Resources Defense Council v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

   • December 2, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re: [62] MOTION for Reconsideration re; [57] Memorandum & Opinion, (Corrected Notice of Motion). filed by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. For the reasons stated above, the EPA's motion fo r reconsideration is DENIED. Per the Court's Order of September 24, 2019, the parties have until December 9, 2019, to file their joint letter regarding the next steps in this litigation. See ECF No. 65. The parties should indicate in their letter whether a conference to discuss next steps would be appropriate. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate ECF No. 62. (As further set forth in this Order.) (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 12/2/2019) (cf)
10. NYS 1:2019cv01574 — The Innocence Project, Inc. v. National Museum of Health and Medicine et al

    • December 4, 2019: ORDER re: [45] Order on Motion to Seal Document. Pursuant to the Court's Order of October 31, 2019, Dkt. No. 45, Plaintiff was to serve all relevant documents from this proceeding on both the author and the subject of the document in question , and file proof of service with the Court. As of the date of this Order, the Court is not receipt of proof of service on these individuals. Plaintiff is hereby ordered to file proof of service with the Court within one week of the date of this Order. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Alison J. Nathan on 12/3/2019) (kv)