We have added 139 documents from 20 FOIA cases filed between May 6, 2018 and May 12, 2018. 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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- WITTES v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (filed May 7, 2018)
Benjamin Wittes, editor of the online publication Lawfare, submitted a FOIA request to the Department of State for records concerning payments made by the agency to the Trump International Hotel to reimburse accommodations of foreign diplomats. Wittes also requested a fee waiver. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request, but after hearing nothing further from the agency, Wittes filed suit read more…
We have added 2 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between May 6, 2018 and May 12, 2018. These are associated with 2 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 8:2015cv00229 — American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties v. United States Department of Homeland Security
- May 11, 2018: FINAL JUDGMENT by Judge Josephine L. Staton. The Court ENTERS judgment in favor of Plaintiffs on the remainder of the Enforcement Law Course and the remainder of the BPA records. (see document for details). (MD JS-6, Case Terminated). (dro)
DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION v. U.S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION and 30 other new FOIA lawsuits
We have added 185 documents from 26 FOIA cases filed between April 29, 2018 and May 5, 2018. 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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- DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION v. U.S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (filed May 2, 2018)
Democracy Forward Foundation submitted a FOIA request to the General Services Administration for records concerning emails to or from the domain name “ptt.gov” to a number of individuals in and outside the Trump administration. DFF also requested a fee waiver. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request read more…
We have added 9 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between April 29, 2018 and May 5, 2018. 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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- ARE 5:2018cv00108 — Carter v. Department of Agriculture
- May 4, 2018: ORDER granting [10] Defendant's Motion to Dismiss and dismissing this case. Signed by Judge Billy Roy Wilson on 5/4/2018. (ljb)
We have added 124 documents from 18 FOIA cases filed between April 22, 2018 and April 28, 2018. 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 SECURITY ARCHIVE v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (filed Apr 27, 2018)
The National Security Archive submitted a FOIA request to the CIA for 12 cables referenced in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on torture. NSA also requested expedited processing. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request and denied the National Security Archive’s request for expedited processing read more…
We have added 5 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between April 22, 2018 and April 28, 2018. 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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- ARW 1:2018cv01004 — Carter v. USDA
- April 26, 2018: ORDER granting [16] Motion to Change Venue; ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE to District of Eastern District of Arkansas. Signed by Honorable Barry A. Bryant on April 26, 2018. (cnn)
ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE and 24 other new FOIA lawsuits
We have added 176 documents from 21 FOIA cases filed between April 15, 2018 and April 21, 2018. 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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- ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (filed Apr 17, 2018)
The Electronic Privacy Information Center submitted a FOIA request to the IRS for records concerning accepted offers-in-compromise relating to any past or present tax liability for President Trump. EPIC noted that offers-in-compromise fell within an exception to the rule protecting tax return information read more…
We have added 3 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between April 15, 2018 and April 21, 2018. These are associated with 3 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 1:2016cv00449 — JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
- April 19, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION granting [9] Defendant's motion for summary judgment, and denying [11] Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, as stated in this Court's [22] Order of March 31, 2018. Signed by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on 04/19/2018. (lckbj1)
We have added 161 documents from 29 FOIA cases filed between April 8, 2018 and April 14, 2018. 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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- ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE v. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (filed Apr 13, 2018)
The Arab American Institute submitted a FOIA request to OMB for records concerning the Interagency Working Group for Research on Race and Ethnicity that discuss a separate classification for Middle East or African ethnicity for purposes of the 2020 Census. The Arab American Institute also requested expedited processing read more…
We have added 3 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between April 8, 2018 and April 14, 2018. These are associated with 3 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 1:2018cv00450 — ARRICK v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- April 12, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 04/11/2018. (zsb)
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