We have added 26 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between July 5, 2020 and July 11, 2020. These are associated with 23 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 2:2019cv09471 — Rashid El Malik v. Department of Veteran Affairs et al
- July 8, 2020: MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) by Judge Philip S. Gutierrez: The Court GRANTS the motion to dismiss the FAC in its entirety [29] The Court DISMISSES the claims for lack of jurisdiction and without prejudice. This order closes the case. See document for details. ( MD JS-6. Case Terminated ) (smo)
During the month of June 2020 federal district courts saw a total of 62 new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits filed under 5 U.S.C. 552. To place this number in perspective, 62 new filings compares with a monthly average of 67 filings during the last 12 months. This month’s total brought overall FOIA filings on an annual basis for these last 12 months to 808.
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 121 documents from 16 FOIA cases filed between June 28, 2020 and July 4, 2020. 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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- EMUWA et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (filed Jun 29, 2020)
Amara Emuwa, Michaux Lukusa, Mohammed Alqaraghuli, Fnu Alatanhua, and the Louise Trauma Center submitted FOIA requests to the Department of Homeland Security for records concerning their asylum assessment reports. The agency acknowledged receipt of their requests but refused to provide the assessment recommendation for the asylum interviews read more…
We have added 11 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between June 28, 2020 and July 4, 2020. 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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- DC 1:2012cv00313 — SHAPIRO v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- July 2, 2020: MEMORANDUM OPINION regarding defendant's [97] Motion for Summary Judgment, defendant's [102] Request for Discovery Pursuant to Rule 56(d), and defendant's [105] Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on July 2, 2020. (lcbah4)
We have added 141 documents from 16 FOIA cases filed between June 21, 2020 and June 27, 2020. 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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- LEGAL EAGLE, LLC v. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL RECORDS ACCESS AND INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE et al (filed Jun 25, 2020)
Legal Eagle, which runs a YouTube channel, submitted FOIA requests to the National Security Council Records Access and Information Security Management Directorate, as well as agencies in the intelligence community for records concerning the declassification review for John Bolton’s book. Legal Eagle also requested expedited processing read more…
We have added 9 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between June 21, 2020 and June 27, 2020. 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 1:2019cv01218 — Mertes v. Internal Revenue Service
- June 26, 2020: ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR IN CAMERA REVIEW signed by District Judge Anthony W. Ishii on 6/25/2020. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED Defendant's motion to submit documents for in camera inspection (Doc. No. [18] ) is GRANTED. Within twen ty-one (21) days of service of this order, the IRS shall submit the unredacted copies of the documents identified in its motion for in camera inspection. Once the Court has reviewed the documents in camera, it will issue additional orders as discussed above. (Gonzales, V)
We have added 150 documents from 16 FOIA cases filed between June 14, 2020 and June 20, 2020. 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 BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC. et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (filed Jun 15, 2020)
ABC producer/reporter Benjamin Gittleson submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Treasury for records concerning the decision to add President Donald Trump’s signature to checks distributed under the Economic Impact Payment program. Gittleson also requested expedited processing and a fee waiver read more…
We have added 4 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between June 14, 2020 and June 20, 2020. These are associated with 4 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 1:2017cv01684 — PEJOUHESH v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
- June 18, 2020: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: For the reasons explained herein, it is hereby ORDERED that (1) the Court will not appoint counsel to represent Plaintiff; (2) Plaintiff shall respond to the pending motion for summary judgment on or before August 15, 2020; and (3) the Clerk of the Court shall mail Plaintiff a copy of the docket sheet at his address of record. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 06/18/2020. (lcrdm2, )
We have added 93 documents from 13 FOIA cases filed between June 7, 2020 and June 13, 2020. 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 CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE (filed Jun 8, 2020)
The American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia submitted a FOIA request to U.S. Secret Service for records concerning video recordings of the July 4, 2019 arrest of Gregory Johnson outside the White House for burning two flags. The charges were subsequently dropped. The ACLU of D.C. also requested a fee waiver read more…
We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between June 7, 2020 and June 13, 2020. 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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- AK 3:2020cv00046 — Stoufer v. Federal Bureau of Investigation et al
- June 12, 2020: ORDER re 10 EX PARTE MOTION filed by Steven Stoufer. The Motion to file Ex Parte is GRANTED. The underlying Motion Requesting Volunteer Attorney is DENIED. Signed by Judge Sharon L. Gleason on 6/12/20. (JLH, COURT STAFF)
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