Court Decisions
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Am. Chemistry Council, Inc. v. HHS, No. 12-1156, 2013 WL 524447 (D.D.C. Feb. 13, 2013) (Boasberg, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning a study on the "potential health effects of exposure to formaldehyde"
Disposition: Granting Defendant's motion to dismiss with regard to research data that is publicly available but finding that court cannot hold that defendant conducted an adequate search for records based upon the record before the court
- Exhaustion: OMB Circular A-110 requires "Federal...
Novak v. DOJ, No. 11-0466, 2013 WL 530965 (D.D.C. Feb. 12, 2013) (Wilkins, J.)
Re: First party request for records on self
Disposition: Granting Defendants' renewed motion for summary judgment and finding Exemptions 5 and 7E properly applied to the memoranda at issue
- Exemption 5: The court holds that defendants properly withheld two internal memoranda "'prepared by attorneys discussing whether OSG should appeal a decision by the District Court to suppress evidence in a...
Mobley v. CIA, Nos. 11-2072 & 11-2073 (BAH), 2013 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 16399 (D.D.C. Feb. 7, 2013) (Howell, J.)
Re: Request for all records pertaining to plaintiffs
Disposition: Granting the Department of Defense, Department of State (State), and FBI's motions for summary judgment; granting in part and denying in part CIA's motion for summary judgment; instructing CIA to conduct supplemental search
- Adequacy of Search: The court agrees that the CIA's policy of "'generally interpret[ing] [first-person]...
Trea Senior Citizens League v. U.S. Dep't of State, No. 10-1423 (BAH), 2013 WL 458297 (Feb. 7, 2013) (Howell, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning the agreement between the United States and Mexico regarding the payment of U.S. Social Security benefits to Mexican nationals
Disposition: Granting in part and denying in part defendant's renewed motion for summary judgment; denying plaintiff's motion for in camera review
- Exemption 1: Section 1.7(d) of Executive Order 13,526 "provides that previously...
Dunston v. DEA, No. 12-653, 2013 WL 395862 (D.D.C. Feb. 1, 2013) (Collyer, J.)
Re: First party request for records on self and request for oaths of office of certain agents
Disposition: Granting defendants' motions for summary judgment
- Motion for Summary Judgment: The court grants defendants' motion for summary judgment because plaintiff failed to respond to defendants' motions. Noting that plaintiff "has not contested defendants' facts, which are properly supported...
Mantilla v. State, No. 12-21109, 2013 WL 424433 (S.D. Fla. Feb. 1, 2013) (O'Sullivan, J.)
Re: First party request for records
Disposition: Dismissing action as to individual defendants; denying defendants' motion for reconsideration with respect to the applicability of Section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to records concerning the revocation of visas; granting defendants' motion for supplemental motion for summary judgment with regard to material withheld under...
Hammouda v. OIP, No. 12-0130, 2013 WL 363191 (D.D.C. Jan. 31, 2013) (Bates, J.)
Re: First party request for records concerning plaintiff's criminal trial and a contract for sale plaintiff alleges was used to convict plaintiff
Disposition: Granting OIP's motion for summary judgment
- Procedural: The court finds that the FOIA does not require an agency "'to have clairvoyant capabilities to discover the requester's needs.'"
- Jurisdiction: The court dismisses plaintiff's claims...
Hodge v. Stephens, No. 12-cv-01988, 2013 WL 398870 (D. Md. Jan. 31, 2013) (Williams, J.)
Re: Request for an incident report regarding an encounter between plaintiffs and state police officers; FOIA claim was made in context of several causes of actions brought against State of Maryland, state police, and individual officers
Disposition: Granting defendants' motions to dismiss
- Proper Party Defendant: The court dismisses plaintiff's claims against the named police officers, noting...
Higgins v. DOJ, No. 10-1485, 2013 WL 358177 (D.D.C. Jan. 30, 2013) (Wilkins, J.)
Re: First party request for records on self
Disposition: Granting defendants' motion for summary judgment in part and allowing defendants to file a renewed motion for summary judgment so that EOUSA can provide further details regarding its search and withholdings and so that defendants can explain the disposition of certain referred records
- Adequacy of Search: The court finds that it cannot...
Cook v. NARA, No. 11-cv-8624, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14194, (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 30, 2013) (Duffy, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning "research requests made on behalf of former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney," for Presidential records also known as "special access requests" made during the time period when public access to Presidential records is limited under the Presidential Records Act
Disposition: Granting NARA's motion for summary judgment
- Exemption 6:...