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Brown v. DOJ, No. 13-1876, 2013 WL 5422696 (4th Cir. September 30, 2013) (per curiam)
Re: Request for records concerning surveillance of requester
Disposition: Affirming district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
- Litigation Considerations, Jurisdiction: The court "reviewed the record and find[s] no reversible error." The district court previously granted defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction...
DiBacco v. Dep't of the Army, No. 87-3349, 2013 WL 5377060 (D.D.C. September 26, 2013) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.)
Re: Records concerning former chief of Nazi spy ring during World War II
Disposition: Granting defendants' motion for leave to file sur-reply; denying plaintiffs' motion to compel disclosure of ex parte declarations; granting defendants' renewed motion for summary judgment; denying plaintiff's cross-motion for summary judgment
- Litigation Considerations, Adequacy of the Search: Regarding one...
Hodes v. Dep't of Treasury, No. 12-1435, 2013 WL 5346393 (D.D.C. September 25, 2013) (Jackson, J.)
Re: Requests for documents identifying unsuccessful bidders to multiple government procurement contracts
Disposition: Denying defendant's motion for summary judgment; granting plaintiff's cross-motion for summary judgment
- Exemption 3: The court grants plaintiff's cross-motion for summary judgment. The court explains that defendant "withheld the identities of unsuccessful bidders to multiple...
Nelson v. U.S. Army, No. 12 C 4718, 2013 WL 5376650 (N.D. Il. September 25, 2013) (Pallmeyer, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning any nongovernment organizations that paid the United States Army for use of its computer network testing facility
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion in part and denying defendant's motion in part
- Litigation Considerations, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies: First, the court denies "[d]efendant's motion for summary judgment . . . as it relates to...
Bory v. U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, No. 09-cv-1149, 2013 WL 5408309 (M.D. Fla. September 25, 2013) (Schlesinger, J.)
Re: Plaintiffs' motion for attorney fees and costs concerning its request for records concerning the calculation of plaintiffs' retirement benefits
Disposition: Granting plaintiff's motion for an award of attorney's fees and costs in the amount of $66,251.90 ($64,449.89 for attorney's fees and $1,802.01 for additional costs)
- Attorney Fees, Entitlement: The court "finds that Plaintiffs have...
Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America v. HUD, No. 11-cv-1175, 2013 WL 5314457 (D.D.C. Sept. 24, 2013) (Wilkins, J.)
Re: Request for certain records concerning Neighborhood Corporation of America
Disposition: Granting in part and denying in part plaintiff's motion for summary judgment; granting in part and denying in part defendant's cross-motion for summary judgment
- Litigation Considerations, Adequacy of Search: The court finds that defendant's search was inadequate. The court "agrees with [plaintiff] that...
Acosta v. FBI, No. 12-1578, 2013 WL 5306699 (D.D.C. Sept. 23, 2013) (Boasberg, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning the requester's criminal prosecution
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Litigation Considerations, Adequacy of Search: The court finds that defendant's search was adequate. The court rejects plaintiff's argument that defendant's search was "inadequate because Defendants have not laid out 'what specific reports and documents were...
Waldner v. DOJ, No. 13-cv-00032, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135467 (D.D.C. September 23, 2013) (Lamberth, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning Solace Transfer Corporation, an Illinois corporation
Disposition: Denying defendant's motion to dismiss; granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Litigation Considerations, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies: The court denies defendant's motion to dismiss. The court finds that "here, the government's lack of a response within the 20 days required...
McKissick-Johnson v. Wayne Cnty., Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, No. 13-cv-13310, 2013 WL 5313439 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 20, 2013) (Ludington, J.)
Re: Request filed with local prosecutor's office for records concerning three individuals
Disposition: Dismissing plaintiff's claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)
- Proper Party Defendant: The court dismisses plaintiff's claims for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. "As numerous sister circuits have noted, 'it is beyond question that [the federal] FOIA [statute]...
DaSilva v. USCIS, No. 13-13, 2013 WL 5304098 (E.D. La. Sept. 19, 2013) (Africk, J.)
Re: First party request for plaintiff's alien file and copies of emails sent to and/or received from certain named individuals
Disposition: Granting USCIS's motion for summary judgment
- Exemption 5: After conducting an in camera review of documents on which the court previously deferred its ruling, the court finds that certain notes are indeed "predecisional notes taken by an agency employee"...