The New York Times Company et al v. Central Intelligence Agency and 17 other new FOIA lawsuits
We have added 120 documents from 18 FOIA cases filed between April 1, 2018 and April 7, 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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- The New York Times Company et al v. Central Intelligence Agency (filed Apr 5, 2018)
New York Times Reporter Scott Shane submitted a FOIA request to the CIA for records concerning the 1953 death of Frank Olson, who had worked for the U.S. Army and the CIA at Fort Dettrick. Shane had made a FOIA request for records on Olson in 2003 and received a total of 83 records with no indication that anything had not been disclosed read more…
We have added 5 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between April 1, 2018 and April 7, 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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- CAE 2:2018cv00431 — (PS) Clavito v. U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs
- April 3, 2018: ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 4/3/2018 DENYING [2] Plaintiff's Motion to Proceed IFP; Within 28 days of this order, plaintiff shall pay the applicable filing fee; However, the court will entertain a request for a reasonable extension of time to pay the fee should such an extension be necessary; failure to timely pay the filing fee, or timely request an extension of time to do so, may result in dismissal of the action pursuant to FRCP 41(b). (Reader, L)
We have added 41 documents from 8 FOIA cases filed between March 25, 2018 and March 31, 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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- Poulsen v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (filed Mar 26, 2018)
Journalist Kevin Poulsen submitted a FOIA request to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for five semi-annual reports prepared by the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. Poulsen also requested a fee waiver. The agency did not acknowledge receipt of Poulsen’s email requests and he sent the request through the U read more…
We have added 24 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between March 25, 2018 and March 31, 2018. These are associated with 24 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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- ALN 1:2018cv00198 — Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama v. Anniston HMA LLC et al
- March 29, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Magistrate Judge Staci G Cornelius on 3/29/18. (MRR, )
We have added 134 documents from 18 FOIA cases filed between March 18, 2018 and March 24, 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. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (filed Mar 20, 2018)
Democracy Forward Foundation submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Justice for records concerning its interpretation of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in National Labor Relations Board v. SW General (2017). The agency acknowledged receipt of the request and referred it to the Office of Legal Counsel, which told DFF that it would be unable to respond within the statutory time limit read more…
We have added 13 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between March 18, 2018 and March 24, 2018. 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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- AZ 2:2015cv00247 — American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona et al v. United States Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties et al
- March 22, 2018: ORDER: Defendants' Motion for Reconsideration [77] is granted in part and denied in part. The Court agrees is erred when it stated that a protective order would be appropriate under FOIA to keep disclosure of the employees' names private. H owever, upon review of the parties' more extensive briefing, the Court still finds that the requested employees' names are not exempt from disclosure under FOIA Exemptions 6 or 7(C), and Defendants must therefore disclose the requested name s. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED granting Defendants a stay of 60 days from the date of this Order to comply with this Order. This stay applies only to the disclosures addressed in this Order. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall file a joint status report 60 days from the date of this Order. Signed by Judge John J Tuchi on 3/22/2018. (REK)
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
We have added 189 documents from 19 FOIA cases filed between March 11, 2018 and March 17, 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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- Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (filed Mar 15, 2018)
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund submitted a FOIA request to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for statistical data on a national and state-by-state level pertaining to guns used in suicides or attempted suicides that were recovered by law enforcement and traced by ATF. ATF denied the request on the basis of 2012 Appropriations Act prohibiting the agency from spending funds to process FOIA requests pertaining to gun traces read more…
We have added 5 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between March 11, 2018 and March 17, 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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- DC 1:2016cv00063 — ROSEBERRY-ANDREWS v. PAVLIK-KEENAN et al
- March 13, 2018: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER granting in part and denying in part [22] Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, and reserving judgment in part on and denying in part [24] Plaintiff's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. Please refer to full order for further details. Signed by Judge Timothy J. Kelly on 3/13/2018. (lctjk3)
We have added 171 documents from 22 FOIA cases filed between March 4, 2018 and March 10, 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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- The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) v. United States Department of Justice (filed Mar 6, 2018)
The Center for Investigative Reporting submitted a FOIA request to the FBI for records concerning its investigation into the 1965 ambush of two African-American law enforcement officers in Varnado, Louisiana. One officer died while the other survived. The FBI finally closed the investigation in 2016 read more…
We have added 7 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between March 4, 2018 and March 10, 2018. 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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- AZ 2:2017cv00055 — Schoeffler v. United States Department of Agriculture
- March 7, 2018: ORDER granting in part and denying in part [22] Motion for Summary Judgment: concerning Request 4232-F, the Court grants Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment; concerning Request 4325-F, the Court grants Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment; concerning Request 4284-F, the Court denies Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment; and concerning Request 5736-F, the Court grants Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge G Murray Snow on 03/07/2018. (KAS)
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