The FOIA Project

We have added 23 documents from 3 FOIA cases filed between May 24, 2015 and May 30, 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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1. CAUSE OF ACTION INSTITUTE v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE et al (filed May 26, 2015)
   To investigate the legal and ethical implications of detailing Department of Justice attorneys to the White House, Cause of Action submitted a FOIA request to the IRS for records of communications between specified IRS officials and anyone using an email address associated with either the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration or the Executive Office of the President, relating to Norah E read more…

We have added 7 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between May 17, 2015 and May 23, 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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1. CAC 2:2014cv09423 — John Edmond v. United States Department of Justice Office of Information Policy

   • May 21, 2015: IN CHAMBERS – ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR LACK OF PROSECUTION by Judge Stephen V. Wilson. Response to Order to Show Cause is due by 6/4/2015. (kss)

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We have added 38 documents from 9 FOIA cases filed between May 17, 2015 and May 23, 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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1. Gawker Media, LLC et al v. FBI et al (filed May 19, 2015)
   Gawker Media submitted a FOIA request to the FBI for records concerning a 2012 investigation into the creation and dissemination of a video purporting to show Hulk Hogan engaged in a sexual affair with Heather Clem, the wife of his best friend. The FBI refused to process the request without a privacy waiver. read more…

We have added 13 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between May 10, 2015 and May 16, 2015. These are associated with 10 FOIA cases pending in federal district court. read more…

We have added 17 documents from 3 FOIA cases filed between May 10, 2015 and May 16, 2015. read more…

We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between May 3, 2015 and May 9, 2015. These are associated with 10 FOIA cases pending in federal district court. read more…

We have added 78 documents from 13 FOIA cases filed between May 3, 2015 and May 9, 2015. read more…

We have added 6 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between April 26, 2015 and May 2, 2015. These are associated with 6 FOIA cases pending in federal district court. read more…