We have added 10 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between August 11, 2019 and August 17, 2019. 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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- CAN 3:2018cv00797 — Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Interior
- August 16, 2019: STIPULATION AND ORDER. Signed by Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on August 16, 2019. (jsclc1S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/16/2019)
Pro Publica, Inc. v. Internal Revenue Service and 21 other new FOIA lawsuits, plus case descriptions
We have added 122 documents from 18 FOIA cases filed between August 4, 2019 and August 10, 2019. 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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- Pro Publica, Inc. v. Internal Revenue Service (filed Aug 9, 2019)
ProPublica submitted a FOIA request to the IRS for records concerning communications sent to or from three IRS officials and two members of the Free File Alliance, an industry group that was representing the interests of Intuit in developing and maintaining free tax-filing software. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request read more…
We have added 6 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between August 4, 2019 and August 10, 2019. These are associated with 6 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 1:2014cv00317 — ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
- August 6, 2019: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 8/6/2019. (lcegs2)
We have added 131 documents from 19 FOIA cases filed between July 28, 2019 and August 3, 2019. 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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- Collins v. United States Government (filed Jul 29, 2019)
Charlene Collins filed suit against the United States Government for allegedly failing to help her retrieve her funds from her savings account. This is not a FOIA case. read more…
We have added 13 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between July 28, 2019 and August 3, 2019. 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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- CAS 3:2018cv02736 — Buckovetz v. Department of the Navy
- July 31, 2019: ORDER. The Motion to Dismiss filed by Defendant Department of the Navy (ECF No. [9] ) is DENIED. The Motion for Leave to File Surreply filed by Plaintiff (ECF No. [12] ) is denied as moot. Signed by Judge William Q. Hayes on 7/31/2019. (All non-registered users served via U.S. Mail Service) (tcf) Modified text and regenerated NEF on 7/31/2019 (tcf). (jao).
During the month of June 2019 federal district courts saw a total of 70 new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits filed under 5 U.S.C. 552. To place this number in perspective, 70 new filings compares with a monthly average of 68 filings during the last 12 months. This month’s total brought overall FOIA filings on an annual basis for these last 12 months to 812.
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 61 documents from 9 FOIA cases filed between July 21, 2019 and July 27, 2019. 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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- ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (filed Jul 25, 2019)
The Environmental Defense Fund submitted a FOIA request to the EPA for records concerning a red team/blue team exercise planned by then administrator Scott Pruitt to reevaluate climate change science. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request and referred EPA to 1,217 pages of records that had been made available by the agency in response to FOIA requests read more…
We have added 9 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between July 21, 2019 and July 27, 2019. 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 1:2013cv00729 — SHAPIRO v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- July 24, 2019: ORDER granting [53] the government's renewed motion for summary judgment; denying [55] plaintiff's renewed cross-motion for summary judgment; and judgment shall be entered for the defendant. Signed by Judge Paul L. Friedman on July 24, 2019. (MA)
- July 24, 2019: OPINION granting defendant's renewed motion for summary judgment; and denying plaintiff's renewed cross-motion for summary judgment. Final judgment shall be entered for the defendant. An order consistent with this opinion shall issue this same day. Signed by Judge Paul L. Friedman on July 24, 2019. (MA)
We have added 102 documents from 17 FOIA cases filed between July 14, 2019 and July 20, 2019. 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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- REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE (filed Jul 17, 2019)
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press submitted a FOIA request to the Department of State for records concerning a meeting on international religious freedom in which Secretary Mike Pompeo participated. The Reporters Committee also asked for inclusion in the news media fee category. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request, but after hearing nothing further from the agency, the Reporters Committee filed suit read more…
We have added 7 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between July 14, 2019 and July 20, 2019. 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 2:2019cv00415 — KXTV, LLC v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
- July 18, 2019: ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 7/18/19 GRANTING Defendant USCIS's time to produce the Vaughn index from 7/26/19 until 8/21/19. (Becknal, R)
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