Colorado Wild Public Lands v. U.S. Department of the Interior et al and 25 other new FOIA lawsuits
We have added 172 documents from 25 FOIA cases filed between July 10, 2022 and July 16, 2022. 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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- Colorado Wild Public Lands v. U.S. Department of the Interior et al (filed Jul 13, 2022)
Colorado Wild Public Lands submitted a FOIA request for records concerning the Blue Ranch Land Exchange and the associated EIS process being undertaken by the Bureau of Land Management. The agency acknowledged of the request. The agency disclosed 609 pages in full but withheld 91 pages under Exemption 5 (privileges) read more…
We have added 8 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between July 10, 2022 and July 16, 2022. 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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- CAE 1:2022cv00837 — Caetano v. Internal Revenue Service et al
- July 12, 2022: ORDER GRANTING [2] Motion to Proceed IFP and Directing Payment of Inmate Filing Fee by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Directing Clerk of Court to Issue Prisoner New Case Documents signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 7/12/2022. (Attachments: # 1 IFP Motion). (Lawrence, A)
During the month of July 2022 federal district courts saw a total of 76 new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits filed under 5 U.S.C. 552. To place this number in perspective, 76 new filings compares with a monthly average of 61 filings during the last 12 months. This month’s total brought overall FOIA filings on an annual basis for these last 12 months to 727.
The figure below provides a more detailed view of monthly trends during the past five years. The height of each bar reflects the number of filings in that month. To see the actual filing count mouse over any bar. The superimposed line over the bars is the moving 12-month average. It is computed by adding up the 12 months ending at a given month, and then dividing that total by 12 to obtain the monthly average over this period. Mousing over any bar also shows the calculated result for this moving average for that given month.
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We have added 109 documents from 13 FOIA cases filed between July 3, 2022 and July 9, 2022. 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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- CATO INSTITUTE v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (filed Jul 5, 2022)
The Cato Institute submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Homeland Security for records concerning implementation of Presidential Proclamation 9645. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request. The agency told the Cato Institute that it found no responsive records. The Cato Institute asked the agency how it conducted its search read more…
We have added 15 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between July 3, 2022 and July 9, 2022. These are associated with 14 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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- CAC 2:2022cv01450 — Al Otro Lado, Inc. v. US Customs and Border Protection et al
- July 7, 2022: Order to Show Cause by Judge Dale S. Fischer re Dismissal for Lack of Prosecution. Plaintiff is ordered to show cause no later than 7/21/2022, why the unserved defendant should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. See Order for specifics. (jp)
LEOPOLD v. U.S. SECRET SERVICE et al and 23 other new FOIA lawsuits, plus case descriptions
We have added 165 documents from 24 FOIA cases filed between June 26, 2022 and July 2, 2022. 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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- LEOPOLD v. U.S. SECRET SERVICE et al (filed Jul 1, 2022)
Journalist Jason Leopold submitted a FOIA request to U.S. Secret Service for records concerning the removal of presidential records from Mar-a-Lago. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, Leopold filed suit. read more…
We have added 14 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between June 26, 2022 and July 2, 2022. 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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- CAC 2:2021cv09620 — Jonathan William McKinney v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- June 30, 2022: Order to Show Cause by Judge Dale S. Fischer re Dismissal for Lack of Prosecution. Plaintiff is ordered to show cause no later than 7/14/2022 why the unserved defendant should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. See Order for specifics. (jp)
Innovation Law Lab v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and 11 other new FOIA lawsuits
We have added 107 documents from 12 FOIA cases filed between June 12, 2022 and June 18, 2022. 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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- Innovation Law Lab v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (filed Jun 13, 2022)
Innovation Law Lab submitted a FOIA request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for records concerning the DHS Inspector General Detention of the Torrance County Inspection Facility. Innovation Law Lab also requested expedited processing and a fee waiver. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but did not make a decision on expedited processing or a fee waiver read more…
We have added 119 documents from 20 FOIA cases filed between June 5, 2022 and June 11, 2022. 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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- Defenders of Wildlife et al v. United States Forest Service (filed Jun 8, 2022)
Defenders of Wildlife and the Southern Environmental Law Center submitted FOIA requests to U.S. Forest Service for records related to the agency’s use of three categorical exclusions finalized in November 2020 and now codified in the Code of Federal Regulations. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request and told DOW that it interpreted the request as referring to records available on the agency’s website read more…
We have added 122 documents from 14 FOIA cases filed between June 19, 2022 and June 25, 2022. 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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- PROJECT FOR PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE ACCOUNTABILITY, INC. v. NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY et al (filed Jun 24, 2022)
The Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability submitted FOIA requests to the National Security Agency, the CIA, the Department of Justice, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for records concerning members and former members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. The agencies acknowledged receipt of the request read more…
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