We have added 4 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between November 6, 2016 and November 12, 2016. 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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- CAC 2:2015cv05811 — Jorge Alejandro Rojas v. Federal Aviation Administration
- November 10, 2016: JUDGMENT by Judge Consuelo B. Marshal: Consistent with the Courts Order filed simultaneously herewith, judgment is hereby entered in favor of Defendant Federal Aviation Administration. (MD JS-6, Case Terminated). (shb)
We have added 92 documents from 11 FOIA cases filed between October 30, 2016 and November 5, 2016. 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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- LEOPOLD et al v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (filed Nov 1, 2016)
Journalist Jason Leopold and researcher Ryan Shapiro submitted FOIA requests to the FBI for records concerning investigations of Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, and the Trump Foundation. The agency acknowledged receipt of the requests, but after hearing nothing further from the agency, Leopold and Shapiro filed suit read more…
We have added 5 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between October 30, 2016 and November 5, 2016. 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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- CAN 3:2015cv03060 — Muchnick v. Department of Homeland Security
- November 2, 2016: TENTATIVE ORDER (crblc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/2/2016)
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
We have added 77 documents from 11 FOIA cases filed between October 23, 2016 and October 29, 2016. 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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- PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (filed Oct 24, 2016)
PEER submitted a FOIA request to the EPA for records concerning derived response levels that had not been made public when EPA published its proposed Draft Protective Action Guide for Drinking Water after a Radiological Incident. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request, but after hearing nothing further from the agency, PEER filed suit read more…
We have added 8 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between October 23, 2016 and October 29, 2016. 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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- CAC 5:2016cv01098 — Ruth Musser-Lopez v. James G. Kenna et al
- October 25, 2016: ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE by Judge Otis D. Wright, II. In light of Plaintiff's request to dismiss case without prejudice, IT IS HEREBYORDERED that the entire action and all claims asserted therein are DISMISSEDwithout prejudice. IT IS SO ORDERED. Case Terminated. Made JS-6. (jy)
We have updated the Agency FOIA Backlogs and Processing Times data tool.
Data has been updated for these agencies:
- DOJ – Public Affairs through September 2016
- DOJ – Office of Legal Policy through September 2016
- DOJ – Office of Legal Affairs through June 2016
- DOJ – Office of Information Policy through September 2016
- DOJ – Office of Deputy Attorney General through June 2016
- DOJ – Office of Associate to the Attorney General through September 2016
- DOJ – Office of Attorney General through September 2016
- DOJ – Component Not Assigned through September 2016
Color of Change et al v. Department of Homeland Security et al and 13 other new FOIA lawsuits
We have added 81 documents from 11 FOIA cases filed between October 16, 2016 and October 22, 2016. 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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- Color of Change et al v. Department of Homeland Security et al (filed Oct 20, 2016)
Color of Change and the Center for Constitutional Rights submitted FOIA requests to the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI for records concerning the monitoring of public protests surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement. DHS referred the request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and also responded with a few documents from its Office of Intelligence & Analysis read more…
We have added 6 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between October 16, 2016 and October 22, 2016. 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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- CAN 4:2016cv00544 — Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area et al v. Executive Office for Immigration Review et al
- October 18, 2016: STIPULATION AND ORDER TO VACATE CMC re [22] STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER Joint Request to Vacate Case Management Conference and Extend Date for Responsive Pleading filed by Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights of the San Franci sco Bay Area, United States Department of Justice, Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, Executive Office for Immigration Review, American Immigration Lawyers Association. Signed by Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore on 10/18/16. (sisS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/18/2016)
We have updated the Agency FOIA Backlogs and Processing Times data tool.
Data has been updated for these agencies:
- DoD – Army through September 2016
- DHS – Customs and Border Protection through September 2016
- Drug Enforcement Administration through June 2016
- Environmental Protection Agency through September 2016
- Internal Revenue Service through June 2016
- DoD Navy through September 2016
- National Security Division through September 2016
We have added 45 documents from 8 FOIA cases filed between October 9, 2016 and October 15, 2016. 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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- JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (filed Oct 13, 2016)
Judicial Watch submitted a request to the FBI for records concerning its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email server. The agency divided Judicial Watch’s request into three separate requests. It then told Judicial Watch it was administratively closing one request because it was duplicative of the others read more…
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