Court Decisions
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Venkataram v. OIP, No. 09-6520, 2013 WL 5674346 (D.N.J. Oct. 16, 2013) (Simandle, Chief J.)
Re: Plaintiff's request for records concerning the government's decision not to prosecute his business associate and former co-defendant
Disposition: Denying plaintiff's motion for reconsideration
- Motion for reconsideration/Waiver/Public Domain: The court rejects plaintiff's contention that the court erred when it affirmed EOUSA's withholding of a nolle prosequi agreement between a third party...
Elec. Privacy Info. Ctr. v. DHS, No. 10-1992, 2013 WL 5620891 (D.D.C. Oct. 15, 2013) (Lamberth, J.)
Re: Plaintiff's motion for attorneys' fees and costs after grant of partial summary judgment in favor of plaintiff with respect to lawsuit against DHS based on response to request for records relating to Whole Body Imaging Technology in U.S. airports
Disposition: Awarding plaintiff $3,321.95 in fees and costs and finding that plaintiff "may also move the Court for an additional $640.58, but...
Elec. Privacy Info. Ctr. v. U.S. Transp. Sec. Admin., No. 11-290, 2013 WL 5620859 (D.D.C. October 15, 2013) (Lamberth, J.)
Re: Motion for attorneys fees in connection with request for records relating to full-body scanning machines used by agency in airports to screen travelers on commercial aircraft
Disposition: Granting plaintiff's request for attorneys' fees and costs; awarding plaintiff $9,373.34 in fees and costs
- Attorneys' Fees: "TSA concedes that EPIC is entitled to fees and costs associated with TSA’s...
Conservation Force v. Ashe, No. 12-CV-1428, 2013 WL 5574185 (D.D.C. October 10, 2013) (Jackson, J.)
Re: Request for documents related to delisting of certain wild goat under Endangered Species Act
Disposition: Denying defendant's motion to dismiss, or alternatively for summary judgment; granting plaintiff's cross-motion for summary judgment
- Procedural Considerations, Adequacy of Search: The court first reject's defendant's contention that "because it never made a 12–month finding (despite...
Prudential Locations LLC v. HUD, No. 09-16995, 2013 WL 5539618 (9th Cir. October 9, 2013) (per curiam)
Re: Request for identity of individuals who provided information to Department of Housing and Urban Development relating to the initiation of certain HUD investigations
Disposition: Affirming district court's grant of summary judgment to defendant
- Exemption 6: The court holds that "revealing [the complainant's] identities 'would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy'...
Elec. Privacy Info. Ctr. v. Office of the Dir. of Nat'l Intelligence, No. 12-1282, 2013 WL 5548809 (D.D.C. October 9, 2013) (Boasberg, J.)
Re: Request for guidelines describing how National Counterterrorism Center retrieved and safeguarded information from other federal agencies
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Litigation Considerations, Adequacy of Pleadings: The court finds that defendant, "has, for the most part, met each of [the requirements for describing a withholding of information]." The...
Carter, Fullerton & Hayes v. FTC, No. 1:12-cv-448, 2013 WL 5538061 (E.D. Va. Oct. 4, 2013) (O'Grady, J.)
Re: Request for records of FTC's interactions with alcoholic beverage industry
Disposition: Granting defendant's second motion for summary judgment; denying plaintiff's motion for summary judgment
- Adequacy of the Search: Upon order of the court after defendant's first motion for summary judgment was denied, defendant conducted additional searches for potentially responsive records in the...
Public Citizen v. HHS, No. 11-1681, 2013 WL 5497180 (D.D.C. Oct. 4, 2013) (Howell, J.)
Re: "Annual reports that were required to be submitted by two companies, Pfizer, Inc. ('Pfizer') and Purdue Pharma L.P. ('Purdue'), to the Office of Inspector General ('OIG') of [HHS] as part of the companies' compliance with settlement agreements arising from the companies' illegal off-label promotion of drugs reimbursed by federal health care programs"
- Adequacy of Search: The court holds that...
Brestle v. Lappin, No. 11-1771, 2013 WL 5486623 (D.D.C. Oct. 3, 2013) (Rothstein, J.)
Re: Request for certain communications among Bureau of Prison (BOP) employees
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment on issue of segregability
- Segregability: In response to the court's prior order, defendant reviewed the application of Exemption 7(C) and determined that it "'was used too extensively' . . . and that only 'insular words, i.e., the names and other...
Kelly v. U.S. Census Bureau, No. 11-17684, 2013 WL 5458984 (9th Cir. Oct. 2, 2013) (per curium)
Disposition: Vacating decision and remanding case to district court; declining to affirm summary judgment on alternative grounds
- Exhaustion: The court declines "to affirm summary judgment on the alternative grounds of failure to exhaust because there is evidence in the record to support Kelly's claim of exhaustion."
- Adequacy search: The court remands for the district court to explain for each...