Court Decisions

Cole v. Copan, No. 19-1182, 2020 WL 7042814 (D.D.C. Nov. 30, 2020) (Chutkan, J.)

Re:  Request for input data and original analyses conducted by National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST") regarding role played by seated connection at Column 79 of 7 World Trade Center ("WTC 7") in the collapse of WTC 7 on September 11, 2001

Disposition:  Granting defendants' motion for summary...

Telematch, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., No. 19-2372, 2020 WL 7014206 (D.D.C. Nov. 27, 2020) (Kelly, J.)

Re:  Request for records that include what USDA calls "Farm Numbers," "Tract Numbers," and "Customer Numbers"

Disposition:  Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment; denying plaintiff's motion for summary judgment

• Exemption 3:  "The Court holds that USDA properly invoked Exemption...

Begay v. FBI, No. 19-3508, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 222041 (D.D.C. Nov. 27, 2020) (Chutkan, J.)

Re:  Request for records concerning third party

Disposition:  Dismissing complaint and action without prejudice

• Litigation Considerations:  "[T]he court will dismiss the complaint and this civil action without prejudice for failure to prosecute."  The court relates that "[a]ccording to Defendant's...

Cox v. DOJ, No. 17-3329, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 223596 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 26, 2020) (Mauskopf, J.)

Re:  Request for Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's ("SSCI") Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program ("SSCI Report"), as well as related records

Disposition:  Denying defendants' motion to dismiss; denying in part and granting in part defendant's motion for...

Jud. Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Com., No. 17-1283, 2020 WL 6939807 (D.D.C. Nov. 25, 2020) (Sullivan, J.)

Re:  Request for records of communications between NOAA scientist and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, from January 20, 2009 through January 20, 2017

Disposition:  Granting defendant's renewed motion for summary judgment; denying plaintiff's held in...

Jud. Watch, Inc. v. DOJ, No. 18-2107, 2020 WL 6939763 (D.D.C. Nov. 25, 2020) (Chutkan, J.)

Re:  Request for summaries of interviews FBI conducted with Director of DOJ Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force

Disposition:  Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment; denying plaintiff's cross-motion for summary judgment

• Exemption 3:  The court holds that "the redacted information here...

Laws. Comm. for C.R. v. OMB, No. 18-645, 2020 WL 6887689 (D.D.C. Nov. 24, 2020) (Sullivan, J.)

Re:  Request for records concerning OMB's decision to halt initiative previously approved by OMB for collection of pay data from employers by EEOC

Disposition:  Denying defendant's motion for summary judgment in part without prejudice; holding defendant's motion for summary judgment in abeyance in part...

WP Co. LLC v. SBA, No. 20-1240, 20-1614, 2020 WL 6887623 (D.D.C. Nov. 24, 2020) (Boasberg, J.)

Re:  Requests for names, addresses, and precise loan amounts of all Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") and Economic Injury Disaster Loans ("EIDL") borrowers

Disposition:  Denying defendant's motion for a stay and ordering SBA to release requested information by December 1, 2020

• Litigation...

Nat. Res. Def. Council v. EPA, No. 17-5928, 2020 WL 6891537 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 24, 2020) (Furman, J.)

Re:  Request for records concerning senior manager's participation in certain agency policymaking activities

Disposition:  Granting in part and denying in part defendant's motion for summary judgment; granting in part and denying in part plaintiff's motion for summary judgment

• Exemption 5...

Contreras & Metelska, P.A. v. DOJ, No. 20-1261, 2020 WL 6867411 (D. Minn. Nov. 23, 2020) (Nelson, J.)

Re:  Request for records concerning new DHS computer scheduling system for immigration hearings

Disposition:  Denying plaintiff's motion for motion for attorney fees and costs

• Attorney Fees, Eligibility:  The court holds that "Plaintiff has failed to show that it 'substantially prevailed,'...