We have added 28 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between September 27, 2015 and October 10, 2015. These are associated with 28 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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- CAE 1:2015cv00007 — Turner v. United States Department of the Treasury
- October 2, 2015: ORDER DENYING [18] Motion to Appoint Counsel. Order signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 10/2/2015. (Timken, A)
We have added 42 documents from 9 FOIA cases filed between September 20, 2015 and September 26, 2015. 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.
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- Center for Biological Diversity et al v. Bureau of Industry and Security et al (filed Sep 24, 2015)
The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a FOIA request to the Bureau of Industry and Security at the Department of Commerce for records concerning the authorization to export crude oil from the United States to foreign countries. The agency responded to the Center’s request by indicating that it did not have records pertaining to several items and denying access to other records under Exemption 3 (other statutes), citing the Export Administration Act read more…
We have added 13 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between September 20, 2015 and September 26, 2015. These are associated with 13 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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- DC 1:2008cv01481 — CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
- September 22, 2015: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER discharging the Order to Show Cause [#74] why a sanction in the form of attorneys' fees should not be entered; the parties shall meet and confer and file a joint report with the Court, on or before September 30, 2015, indicating whether they wish to engage in settlement discussions to resolve the pending motion for attorneys' fees [#76] before a magistrate judge or a court-appointed mediator. Signed by Judge Paul L. Friedman on September 22, 2015. (MA)
We have added 24 documents from 6 FOIA cases filed between September 13, 2015 and September 19, 2015. 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.
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- ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER v. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD et al (filed Sep 18, 2015)
EPIC submitted a FOIA request to the U.S. Coast Guard for records concerning the Nationwide Automatic Identification System, a network of 200 receiver sites operated by the Coast Guard and located along the coast and rivers to collect information about vessels in coastal and territorial waters. After hearing nothing from the agency concerning its request, EPIC filed an administrative appeal challenging the agency’s delay read more…
We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between September 13, 2015 and September 19, 2015. 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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- CAE 1:2013cv01588 — Ha v. U.S. Department of Justice et al
- September 14, 2015: ORDER Finding Plaintiff States a Cognizable Claim against: Defendant EOUSA and Forwarding Service Documents to Plaintiff for Completion and Return within Thirty Days, signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng on 09/11/2015. (30-Day Deadline) (Attachments: # 1 USM Instructions, # 2 First Amended Complaint, dated 06/18/2014)(Martin-Gill, S)
We have added 39 documents from 10 FOIA cases filed between September 6, 2015 and September 12, 2015. 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.
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- BROWN v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (filed Sep 7, 2015)
David Brown submitted a FOIA request to the Department of State for records concerning the decision to allow former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private attorney, David Kendall, to have custody of a thumb drive containing a copy of her email records. Brown also requested expedited processing and a fee waiver read more…
We have added 7 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between September 6, 2015 and September 12, 2015. These are associated with 7 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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- CAN 3:2012cv04008 — American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California et al v. Department of Justice
- September 8, 2015: ADMINISTRATIVE CLOSURE FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES. Signed by Judge Maria-Elena James on 9/8/2015. (cdnS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/8/2015)
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has reduced its backlog of pending FOIA requests, but this hasn’t been enough to stem the increase in waiting times, according to the latest available case-by-case records from October 2012 through June 2015. Monthly trends in processing times for this period are shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Average Days Waiting, DEA FOIA Requests
October 2012 through June 2015
We have added 56 documents from 15 FOIA cases filed between August 30, 2015 and September 5, 2015. 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.
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- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOIA LITIGATION REGARDING EMAILS OF CERTAIN FORMER OFFICIALS (filed Sep 2, 2015)
The Department of Justice filed a motion on behalf of the Department of State to consolidate the FOIA cases involving disclosure of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails. read more…
We have added 9 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between August 30, 2015 and September 5, 2015. 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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- CAE 1:2015cv00007 — Turner v. United States Department of the Treasury
- September 2, 2015: DISCOVERY ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 9/1/2015. (Timken, A)
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