We have added 80 documents from 11 FOIA cases filed between April 24, 2016 and April 30, 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.
Click on a case title below to view details for that case, including links to the associated docket and complaint documents.
- MATTACHINE SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (filed Apr 27, 2016)
The Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C., a research and educational society working to uncover documentation of political persecution of the LGBT community, submitted a FOIA request to the FBI for records concerning E.O. 10450, an executive order issued during the Eisenhower administration allowing agencies to persecute individuals because of their sexual orientation based on national security claims, from 1950-1990 read more…
We have added 7 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between April 24, 2016 and April 30, 2016. 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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- CAN 3:2015cv03060 — Muchnick v. Department of Homeland Security
- April 28, 2016: ORDER granting [23] ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION Further Case Management Conference filed by Irvin Muchnick. Case Management Statement due by 5/13/2016. Further Case Management Conference set for 5/20/2016 10:00 AM in Courtroom 6, 17th Floor, San Francisco. Signed by Judge Charles R. Breyer on 4/28/2016. (beS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/28/2016)
We have made the following updates to the Agency FOIA Backlogs and Processing Times data tool:
- Data for DoD – Navy updated through March 2016
- Data for DOJ – Drug Enforcement Administration updated through March 2016
- Data for Treasury – Internal Revenue Service updated through March 2016
We have added 3 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between April 18, 2016 and April 23, 2016. 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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- CAC 2:2015cv03751 — Edward Dean Hohner v. U.S. Department of Justice et al
- April 22, 2016: JUDGMENT by Judge George H. Wu. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that judgment be entered in favor of defendants Federal Bureau of Investigation and Office of Information Policy on Plaintiff's Complaint, and this action be DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. IT IS SO ORDERED. Related to: Order on Motion [30] (MD JS-6, Case Terminated). (lom)
Electronic Frontier Foundation v. United States Department of Justice and 7 other new FOIA lawsuits
We have added 50 documents from 8 FOIA cases filed between April 17, 2016 and April 23, 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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- Electronic Frontier Foundation v. United States Department of Justice (filed Apr 19, 2016)
EFF submitted two FOIA requests to the Department of Justice for records concerning requests to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to order Apple or any other communication company to provide technical assistance, and for records concerning the interpretation of the term “specific selection term read more…
We have made the following updates to the Agency FOIA Backlogs and Processing Times data tool:
- Data for DHS – Headquarters updated through March 2016
- Data for DOI – Bureau of Land Management updated through March 2016
- Data for DOJ – Civil Rights Division updated through March 2016
- Data for Treasury – Internal Revenue Service updated through December 2015
We have added 8 decisions of a procedural or substantive nature filed between April 10, 2016 and April 16, 2016. 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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- CAC 2:2015cv01740 — Osvaldo Rosa v. United States of America
- April 14, 2016: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: STATUS UPDATE by Judge Dean D. Pregerson: Pursuant to Plaintiffs most recent filing, Notice of Compliance with Courts Notice to Parties of Court Directed ADR Program, Notice of Request to Settle, and Offer of Settlement (Dkt. No. 10), the Court hereby orders the Government to providethe Court with an update on the status of this case. The Government is required to file a written status report within fourteen days from the date of this Order. (lc)
We have added 57 documents from 11 FOIA cases filed between April 10, 2016 and April 16, 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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- AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (filed Apr 14, 2016)
The ACLU submitted a FOIA request to the Bureau of Prisons for records concerning the agency’s involvement with operating a detention center in Afghanistan that was referred to in the Senate torture report. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request. It responded to the request by telling the ACLU that it could find no records read more…
FOIA Lawsuit Data Collection Extended
Now including cases back to FY 1993
and FOIA cause of action lawsuits
Thanks to support from the CS Fund/Warsh-Mott Legacy and The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation, we have just completed extending our coverage of FOIA lawsuits by four additional years. The site now offers full docket information on 24 years of FOIA district court litigation — any suit filed or ended from FY 1993 (starting October 1, 1992) to the present.
We have also expanded the scope of FOIA cases tracked in other ways. In addition to capturing information on cases for which the PACER nature of suit (NOS) is categorized as FOIA (code 895), we now also include information on cases for which FOIA is identified as the cause of action. Adding this second criterion increased our coverage by about 20%.
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We have added 91 documents from 16 FOIA cases filed between April 3, 2016 and April 9, 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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- FRANK LLP v. CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (filed Apr 8, 2016)
Frank LLP, a law firm representing plaintiffs in a class action suit alleging unfair debt collection practices, submitted a FOIA request to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for records supporting the agency’s statement that there were 35,000 lawsuits against Entity, the company the law firm was suing read more…
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