Court Decisions
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Charles v. Office of the Armed Forces Med. Exam'r, No. 09-199, 2013 WL 5467115 (D.D.C. Oct. 2, 2013) (Jackson, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning "certain autopsy and medical records for soldiers killed in combat"
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Exemption 5 & Segregability: The court finds that defendants properly withheld preliminary autopsy reports in full. The court notes that it previously "concluded that the final autopsy reports in the instant case are not exempt...
Kuplen v. DOJ, No. 3:13-cv-343-FDW, 2013 WL 5476566 (W.D.N.C. Oct. 2, 2013) (Whitney, Chief J.)
Re: Initial review of pro se plaintiff's claims under the FOIA
Disposition: Determining that plaintiff's complaint survives initial review and ordering service on defendants
- Motion to dismiss: The court finds that plaintiff's claims survive frivolity review. "Plaintiff has sufficiently alleged that [d]efendants have refused to provide him with documents for which he is entitled under the...
Brown v. DOJ, No. 13-1876, 2013 WL 5422696 (4th Cir. Sept. 30, 2013) (per curiam)
Disposition: Without discussion, affirming district court's dismissal of plaintiff's action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
Electronic Frontier Found. v. CIA, No. C 09-3351, 2013 WL 5443048 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 30, 2013)
Re: Request for records concerning reports submitted by intelligence agencies to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) in a specified time period
Disposition: Granting and denying defendant's motion for summary judgment in part; denying plaintiff's cross-motion for summary judgment
- Vaughn Index: The court finds that defendant's have not submitted an adequate Vaughn Index. The...
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. CFPB, No. 1:12-CV-00931, 2013 WL 5423068 (D.D.C. Sept. 30, 2013) (Sullivan, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning appointment of CFPB's director
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion in part and granting plaintiff's cross motion in part
- Exhaustion: The court finds that plaintiff constructively exhausted its administrative remedies. "CFPB only provided plaintiff with the notice of the right to appeal in its June 8 letter." "However, because this letter was issued aft...
New Hampshire Right to Life v. HHS, No. 11-cv-585-JL, 2013 WL 5461845 (D.N.H. Sept. 30, 2013) (Laplante, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning award of "sole-source discretionary replacement grant" to Planned Parenthood of New England
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment in part and denying in part; granting plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in part and denying in part
- Exemption 4: The court holds that HHS properly withheld Planned Parenthood's Manual of Medical...
Parker v. EOUSA, No. 10-2068, 2013 WL 5428856 (D.D.C. Sept. 30, 2013) (Jackson, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning a former AUSA and her unauthorized practice of law
Disposition: Denying DOJ's motion for summary judgment and remanding for further action
- Adequacy of Search: The court finds that DOJ has now met its burden with respect to its search for personnel and law license records concerning the former AUSA. DOJ met its burden of "demonstrating it conducted a search...
Peeler v. DOJ, No. 11-cv-1370, 2013 WL 5448515 (D. Conn. Sept. 30, 2013) (Chatigny, J.)
Re: Request for complete listing of all incoming and outgoing calls to and from a specified telephone number
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Adequacy of Search: The court finds that DEA conducted a reasonable and adequate search. Although plaintiff argued that DEA's search was inadequate because it failed to produce two documents that he already had in his...
Pinson v. DOJ, No. 12-1872, 2013 WL 5423107 (D.D.C. Sept. 30, 2013) (Contreras, J.)
Re: Two hundred FOIA requests filed by plaintiff
Disposition: Ordering plaintiff to submit a more definite statement of his claims and granting him leave to amend; denying plaintiff's motion for joinder of a party; denying plaintiff's motion for a Vaughn index as premature
- Amending the Complaint: The court orders plaintiff to amend his complaint to include a more definite statement of his...
Shurtleff v. EPA, No. 10-2030, 2013 WL 5423963 (D.D.C. Sept. 30, 2013) (Sullivan, J.)
Re: Request for all records concerning EPA's "Endangerment Finding, which found that certain greenhouse gases taken in combination endanger the public health and welfare" and the process by which EPA developed the finding
Disposition: Adopting magistrate's recommendations in part
- Adequacy of Search: The court finds that EPA conducted a reasonable and adequate search with regard to the portion...