AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL v. U.S. CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION et al and 7 other new FOIA lawsuits
We have added 29 documents from 7 FOIA cases filed between December 19, 2021 and December 25, 2021. 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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- AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL v. U.S. CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION et al (filed Dec 20, 2021)
The American Immigration Council submitted a FOIA request to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for records concerning the efficiency and accuracy of the facial recognition technology by CBP One. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, AIC filed suit read more…
We have added 5 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between December 19, 2021 and December 25, 2021. 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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- CAC 2:2020cv08968 — Ingrid V. Eagly v. Federal Bureau Of Prisons et al
- December 22, 2021: DISMISSAL ORDER [49] by Judge Fernando M. Olguin. Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the separately filed stipulation of the parties, this action is dismissed with prejudice. Case Terminated. Made JS-6. (iv)
We have added 71 documents from 11 FOIA cases filed between December 12, 2021 and December 18, 2021. 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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- The Center for Investigative Reporting et al v. Department of Justice et al (filed Dec 13, 2021)
Center for Investigative Reporting reporter Anayansi Diaz-Cortes submitted FOIA requests to the Department of Justice and the Department of State for records concerning the investigation of General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, the former Defense Secretary of Mexico by both Mexico and the United States read more…
We have added 12 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between December 12, 2021 and December 18, 2021. These are associated with 12 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 1:2017cv01569 — KEEPING GOVERNMENT BEHOLDEN, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- December 13, 2021: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Judge Florence Y. Pan on 12/13/21. (lcaa)
We have added 83 documents from 15 FOIA cases filed between December 5, 2021 and December 11, 2021. 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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- NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC. et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (filed Dec 6, 2021)
National Public Radio submitted two FOIA requests to the Department of Health and Human Services for records concerning the COVID-19 Incident Management Team Weekly Reports generated by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. In response to its first FOIA request, the agency located 47 pages responsive to the request and withheld them entirely under Exemption 4 (commercial and confidential) and Exemption 5 (privileges) read more…
We have added 8 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between December 5, 2021 and December 11, 2021. These are associated with 8 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 1:2021cv00632 — AQUALLIANCE v. UNITED STATES BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
- December 8, 2021: MEMORANDUM OPINION re [24] Order on Motions for summary judgment. Signed by Judge James E. Boasberg on 12/8/2021. (lcjeb3)
We have added 61 documents from 9 FOIA cases filed between November 28, 2021 and December 4, 2021. 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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- Immigrant Legal Resource Center et al v. United States Department of Homeland Security et al (filed Nov 29, 2021)
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the American Immigration Council and the Minute Support Committee submitted a FOIA request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for records concerning the weekly enforcement and removal reports requested by the Pekoske and Johnson memos. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, the ILRC, the AIC, and the MSC all filed suit read more…
We have added 17 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between November 28, 2021 and December 4, 2021. 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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- DC 1:2018cv00654 — SURGEY v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
- December 3, 2021: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER granting in part and denying without prejudice in part Defendant's [13] Motion for Summary Judgment, and denying in part and denying without prejudice in part Plaintiff's [16] Cross Motion for Summary Judgment. See Opinion and Order for details. Signed by Judge Timothy J. Kelly on 12/3/2021. (lctjk1)
During the month of November 2021 federal district courts saw a total of 56 new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits filed under 5 U.S.C. 552. To place this number in perspective, 56 new filings compares with a monthly average of 54 filings during the last 12 months. This month’s total brought overall FOIA filings on an annual basis for these last 12 months to 652.
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 54 documents from 8 FOIA cases filed between November 21, 2021 and November 27, 2021. 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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- COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS (filed Nov 21, 2021)
The Council for Court Excellence submitted a FOIA request to the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys for records concerning monthly breakdowns of criminal case dispositions in the District of Columbia Superior Court from 2017 through 2020. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request and ultimately told that it had no responsive records read more…
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