Court Decisions
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Venkataram v. OIP, No. 09-6520, 2013 WL 3871730 (D. N.J. July 25, 2013) (Simandle, J.)
Re: Plaintiff's request for records concerning the government's decision not to prosecute his business associate and former co-defendant
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss and denying plaintiff's motion to compel production of documents
- Adequacy of the search: The court concludes that defendant conducted an adequate search for responsive records. EOUSA's "declaration suffices...
Washington v. Client Network Servs., Inc., No. 11-01331, 2013 WL 3819381 (E.D. Pa. July 24, 2013) (O'Neill, J.)
Re: Seeking information in context of plaintiff's claims against a former employer under various statutes
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss
- Proper Party Defendant: The court notes that "to the extent that [plaintiff] seeks to obtain information under the Freedom of Information Act, which requires executive branch agencies to make 'agency records' available to individuals...
Prison Legal News v. Samuels, No. 05-1812, 2013 WL 3808045 (D.D.C. July 23, 2013) (Walton, J.)
Re: Request for documents showing all money paid by BOP for lawsuits and claims during a specified time period
Disposition: Granting defendant's motions for summary judgment and denying plaintiff's motion for summary judgment
- Exemption 6: The court holds that BOP properly applied Exemption 6 to withhold names and other personal identifying information that would reveal identities of persons...
Rosenberg v. U.S. Dep't of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, No. 12-452, 2013 WL 3803899 (D.D.C. July 23, 2013) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.)
Re: Request for records related to raid of meatpacking plant and subsequent prosecution of plaintiff's client, the manager of the plant
Disposition: Granting defendants' motions for summary judgment
- Fees/Exhaustion: The court grants summary judgment in favor of EOUSA because plaintiff failed to pay the reasonable search fees associated with his request for records concerning the meatpacking...
Rosenberg v. U.S. Dep't of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, No. 12-452, 2013 WL 3791461 (D.D.C. July 22, 2013) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.)
Re: Request for records related to raid of meatpacking plant and subsequent prosecution of plaintiff's client, the manager of the plant
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment because plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies
- Exhaustion: The court holds that plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before filing suit. "Plaintiff filed suit...
Cunningham v. O'Neill, No. 13-960, 2013 WL 3753554 (D.D.C. July 17, 2013) (Collyer, J.)
Re: Request for records relating to plaintiff's prior civil rights suit against Deputy United States Marshals and city police detective
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss
- Litigation Considerations: The court finds that, "[plaintiff] cannot possibly prevail here because he has sued individual federal officials under FOIA and FOIA authorizes relief only against covered federal...
Light v. DOJ, No. 12-1660, 2013 WL 3742496 (D.D.C. July 17, 2013) (Collyer, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning protest movement and encampment known as "Occupy Wall Street"
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss or for summary judgment
- Search: The court holds that defendant's "[d]eclaration makes clear that [defendant] conducted good faith, reasonable searches of the systems of records likely to possess records responsive to Plaintiffs' requests." The...
Ehlmann v. DHS, No. 12 CV 1392, 2013 WL 3724906 (E.D. Mo. July 15, 2013) (Sippel, J.)
Re: Request for lists of severe repetitive-loss properties or structures, including owners, addresses and cumulative totals of claims paid for each property or structure
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Exemption 6: The court finds that "[defendant] validly withheld disclosure of the information at issue under FOIA Exemption 6." The court states that "[t]he...
Am. Chemistry Council, Inc. v. HHS, No. 12-1156 (JEB), 2013 WL 3487692 (D.D.C. July 12, 2013) (Boasberg, J.)
Re: Request for records pertaining to federally funded study of potential health effects of exposure to formaldehyde
Disposition: Granting defendants' motion for summary judgment upholding the adequacy of the search
- Litigation Considerations: Because the plaintiff "never previously objected to these withholdings and even agreed at the status hearing that the sole remaining issue was the...
Elec. Frontier Found. v. Dep't of Commerce, No. C12-3683 TEH, 2013 WL 3730096 (N.D. Cal. July 12, 2013) (Henderson, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning the export of devices, software, or technology primarily used to intercept or block communications
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; ordering defendant to reprocess request and if material is withheld, to provide a Vaughn Index...