Court Decisions
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Echols v. Morpho Detection, Inc., No. 12-1581, 2013 WL 1832642 (N.D. Cal. May 1, 2013) (Wilken, J.)
Re: Motion to transfer venue for litigation arising from request to the FBI for records concerning criminal background check
Disposition: Transferring action on court’s own motion to the Central District of California
- Litigation Considerations, Jurisdiction: The court transfers the remaining FOIA claim against the federal defendants on the court’s own motion to the United States District...
Lont v. Roberts, No. 12-CV-4960 (MKB), 2013 WL 1810759 (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 26, 2013) (Brodie, J.)
Re: Certain evidence, including video tapes
Disposition: Dismissing plaintiff's FOIA claims for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
- Procedural Requirement, Entities Subject to the FOIA: The court finds that it "has no authority to grant Plaintiff the relief he seeks" because "Plaintiff does not allege that any federal agency improperly...
Wadelton v. Dep't of State, No. 13-0412, 2013 WL 1760853 (D.D.C. Apr. 25, 2013) (Huvelle, J.)
Re: Records concerning plaintiff's employment as Foreign Service Officer
Disposition: Denying plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction seeking to mandate processing of plaintiff's three FOIA requests in an expedited manner
- Expedited Processing: The court finds that plaintiff has not satisfied any of the four factors which would support issuance of a preliminary injunction to compel...
Karantsalis v. Dep't of the Navy, 12-23469-CIV, 2013 WL 1768659 (S.D. Fla. Apr. 24, 2013) (King, J.)
Re: Investigative report of U.S. Navy A-7E Corsair II jet that crashed into an apartment complex in Alameda, CA on February 7, 1973
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Adequacy of Search: The court finds that the defendant's search for the missing requested material was reasonable. The court first notes that plaintiff's "FOIA request...
Smith v. USMS, No. 11-36012, 2013 WL 1737141 (9th Cir. Apr. 23, 2013) (Canby, J., Ikuta, J., Watford, J.) (unpublished opinion)
Re: Records concerning plaintiff's extradition from Cambodia
Disposition: Affirming district court's grant of defendant's request for summary judgment; denying plaintiff's request for in camera review
- Exemption 5, Deliberative Process: The Court affirms the district court's grant of defendant's request for summary judgment after finding that the document withheld in response to plaintiff's...
Cameranesi v. DOD, No. C 12-0595, 2013 WL 1741715 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 22, 2013) (Hamilton, J.)
Re: Records concerning "names, ranks, branches, countries of origin, lists of courses taken or taught, and/or dates and years in attendance of students, instructors, and guest instructors," as well "the military units" of students and instructors at DOD's Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
Disposition: Granting plaintiff's motion for...
Union Leader Corp. v. DHS, No. 12-cv-134-PB, 2013 WL 1686730 (D.N.H. Apr. 18, 2013) (Barbadoro, J.)
Re: Records pertaining to six individuals arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during operation Cross Check
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Exemption 7(C): The court finds that the defendant properly withheld the names and addresses of the criminal aliens. The court states, "[i]n the context of this case, the disclosure of arrestees' names and...
Acosta v. FBI, No. 12-1578(JEB), 2013 WL 1633068 (D.D.C. Apr. 17, 2013) (Boasberg, J.)
Re: Records pertaining to certain criminal case
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss with respect to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Drug Enforcement Administration; denying defendant's motion to dismiss with respect to Executive Office for United States Attorneys and FBI
- Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies: The court finds that for certain defendants the plaintiff...
Iskander v. FBI, No. 4:12CV02653, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52899 (N.D. Ohio Apr. 12, 2013) (Pearson, J.)
Re: Requests for records made to obtain "exculpatory evidence to help [plaintiff] appeal his convictions"
Disposition: Dismissing plaintiff's claims
- Proper Party Defendant: The court dismisses plaintiff's claims against the Ohio Attorney General and the local police department. As the court remarks, "[b]y definition, FOIA is applicable only to federal agencies. . . . In this case, the Ohio...
Barger v. FBI, No. 1:13-cv-004140LJO-SAB, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51200 (E.D. Cal. Apr. 9, 2013) (Boone, Magistrate J.)
Re: Plaintiff's complaint against the FBI alleging violations of the FOIA but not specifying the request upon which his allegations were based
Disposition: Dismissing plaintiff's complaint
- Jurisdiction: The court dismisses plaintiff's complaint with leave to amend. "Plaintiff's complaint fails to clearly allege (1) whether Plaintiff made a FOIA request, (2) to whom Plaintiff sent the FOIA...