Court Decisions
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Smith v. USMS, No. 11-36012, 2013 WL 1737141 (9th Cir. Apr. 23, 2013) (Canby, J., Ikuta, J., Watford, J.) (unpublished opinion)
Re: Records concerning plaintiff's extradition from Cambodia
Disposition: Affirming district court's grant of defendant's request for summary judgment; denying plaintiff's request for in camera review
- Exemption 5, Deliberative Process: The Court affirms the district court's grant of defendant's request for summary judgment after finding that the document withheld in response to plaintiff's...
Cameranesi v. DOD, No. C 12-0595, 2013 WL 1741715 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 22, 2013) (Hamilton, J.)
Re: Records concerning "names, ranks, branches, countries of origin, lists of courses taken or taught, and/or dates and years in attendance of students, instructors, and guest instructors," as well "the military units" of students and instructors at DOD's Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
Disposition: Granting plaintiff's motion for...
Union Leader Corp. v. DHS, No. 12-cv-134-PB, 2013 WL 1686730 (D.N.H. Apr. 18, 2013) (Barbadoro, J.)
Re: Records pertaining to six individuals arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during operation Cross Check
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Exemption 7(C): The court finds that the defendant properly withheld the names and addresses of the criminal aliens. The court states, "[i]n the context of this case, the disclosure of arrestees' names and...
Acosta v. FBI, No. 12-1578(JEB), 2013 WL 1633068 (D.D.C. Apr. 17, 2013) (Boasberg, J.)
Re: Records pertaining to certain criminal case
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss with respect to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Drug Enforcement Administration; denying defendant's motion to dismiss with respect to Executive Office for United States Attorneys and FBI
- Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies: The court finds that for certain defendants the plaintiff was...
Iskander v. FBI, No. 4:12CV02653, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52899 (N.D. Ohio Apr. 12, 2013) (Pearson, J.)
Re: Requests for records made to obtain "exculpatory evidence to help [plaintiff] appeal his convictions"
Disposition: Dismissing plaintiff's claims
- Proper Party Defendant: The court dismisses plaintiff's claims against the Ohio Attorney General and the local police department. As the court remarks, "[b]y definition, FOIA is applicable only to federal agencies. . . . In this case, the Ohio...
Barger v. FBI, No. 1:13-cv-004140LJO-SAB, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51200 (E.D. Cal. Apr. 9, 2013) (Boone, Magistrate J.)
Re: Plaintiff's complaint against the FBI alleging violations of the FOIA but not specifying the request upon which his allegations were based
Disposition: Dismissing plaintiff's complaint
- Jurisdiction: The court dismisses plaintiff's complaint with leave to amend. "Plaintiff's complaint fails to clearly allege (1) whether Plaintiff made a FOIA request, (2) to whom Plaintiff sent the FOIA...
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. FEC, No. 12-5004, 2013 WL 1296289 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 2, 2013) (Kavanaugh, J.)
Re: Request for several categories of records, including certain correspondence, calendars, agendas, and schedules of Commissioners
Disposition: Reversing district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant; remanding for further processing
- Procedural: The D.C. Circuit states "[t]he exhaustion issue in this case boils down to what kind of agency response qualifies as a 'determination.'" ...
Pickering-George v. U.S. Dist. Court, No. 12-3793, 2013 WL 1303792 (3rd Cir. Apr. 2, 2013) (per curiam)
Disposition: Affirming district court's dismissal of plaintiff's claim
- Proper Party Defendant: The Third Circuit finds that the district court properly dismissed plaintiff's claim for litigation costs under the FOIA. The FOIA does not apply to United States Courts and plaintiff "did not substantially prevail in his 2005 civil action and cannot claim relief on that basis."
Juarez v. Prison's CEO, No. C-13-0386 EMC (pr), 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48045 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 2, 2013) (Chen, J.)
Disposition: Dismissing plaintiff's claim
- Proper Party Defendant: The court finds that plaintiff cannot bring a claim under the FOIA alleging, "that a deputy clerk in this Court failed to comply" with a judge's order. "FOIA generally is limited to agencies of the executive branch of the federal government, and does not include federal courts." Therefore, "[t]he allegation that the deputy...
Ludlam v. U.S. Peace Corps, No. 11-1570, 2013 WL 1289865 (D.D.C. Mar. 29, 2013) (Sullivan, J.)
Re: Request for results of surveys of Peace Corps volunteers for specified years
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment in part
- Waiver/Public Domain: The court holds that "plaintiff's waiver argument fails because he has not shown that the withheld responses match any information already in the public domain. He argues only that the questions contained in the 2009 and...