Court Decisions
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Davis v. DHS, No. 11-CV-203, 2013 WL 3288418 (E.D.N.Y. June 27, 2013) (Ross, J.)
Re: Request for documents from the Transportation Security Administration relating to a flight in a specified date range as well as records concerning three named individuals and records concerning electronic storage of flight records; Request for records on self and records concerning surveillance footage from BOP; Request for records on self from the FBI
Disposition: Granting defendants'...
Sheffield v. Holder, No. 12-1008, 2013 WL 3216059 (D.D.C. June 27, 2013) (Berman Jackson, J.)
Re: First party request for records concerning plaintiff's arrest and prosecution
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Adequacy of search: The Court concludes that EOUSA conducted an adequate and reasonable search for responsive records. Noting that the "'adequacy of a FOIA search is generally determined not by the fruits of the search, but by the appropriateness of...
Am. Immigration Council v. DHS, No. 12-856, 2013 WL 3186061, (D.D.C. June 24, 2013) (Boasberg, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning access to counsel during interactions with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities
Disposition: Denying defendants' motion for summary judgment
- Adequacy of search: The Court finds that defendants have not submitted enough information for the Court to determine whether an adequate search for responsive records has been conducted. ...
Johnson v. SSA, No. 4:12 CV 1604, 2013 WL 3228313 (E.D. Mo. June 24, 2013) (Sippel, J.)
Re: Request for name of administrative law judge assigned to preside over plaintiff's disability hearing
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss
- Mootness: The Court holds that plaintiff's request for the name of the judge assigned to her disability hearing is moot. The name of the judge "was released to [plaintiff] before this lawsuit was filed." Plaintiff "cannot show that she...
Batton v. IRS, No. 12-20401, 2013 WL 3104986 (5th Cir. June 20, 2013) (Haynes, J.)
Re: Appeal from district court's denial of plaintiff's motion for attorneys' fees
Disposition: Granting plaintiff's appeal, vacating district court's order, and remanding case
- Attorneys' Fees, Eligibility: The Court vacates the district court's order and remands the case where plaintiff made a FOIA request and sued defendant prior to the passage of the Open Government Act, but the majority of...
Brestle v. Lappin, No. 11-1771, 2013 WL 3107486 (D.D.C. June 20, 2013) (Roberts, J.)
Re: Documents forwarded to specific agency officials concerning plaintiff's incarceration
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment in part; denying plaintiff's motions; ordering defendant to clarify response and justify certain withholdings
- Procedural Requirements, Searching for Responsive Records: The Court finds that, "[d]efendant's combined searches establish a...
Morley v. CIA, No. 12-5032, 2013 WL 2995930 (D.C. Cir. June 18, 2013) (per curiam)
Re: Request for records related to CIA officer concerning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Disposition: Granting plaintiff's appeal, vacating judgment, and remanding case
- Attorney's Fees: The Court finds that the district court did not apply the correct standard when considering plaintiff's request for attorney's fees. The Court relates the four factors to consider in this...
Archibald v. DOJ, No. 1:1-CV-2028, 2013 WL 2948212 (D.D.C. June 17, 2013) (Walton, J.)
Re: Request for access to 2008 background check of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment; denying plaintiff's motions as moot
- Exemption 7(C): The Court concludes that the requested information was correctly withheld pursuant to Exemption 7(C). The Court first notes that, although the agency asserted Exemptions 6 and 7(C) in...
Moffat v. DOJ, No. 11-2472, 2013 WL 2679741 (1st Cir. June 14, 2013) (Lipez, J.)
Re: Records pertaining to plaintiff
Disposition: Affirming district court's granting of summary judgment for defendant and fee award
- Exemption 7(C): The First Circuit concludes that plaintiff "has failed to demonstrate that the privacy interests the FBI seeks to protect have waned in strength as a result of the release of a less-redacted version of the FBI 302 report, or that there is a...
Campbell v. FBI, Nos. 08-0230, 08-0867 & 09-2697, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83637 (E.D. Penn. June 14, 2013) (Bartle, J.)
Re: Records pertaining to plaintiff
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss as frivolous
- Litigation Consideration/Motion to Dismiss: "After careful review of the complaints in the three pending actions, the court agrees with the government and determines that the plaintiff's claims are frivolous."