Court Decisions
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Hysell v. IRS, No. 12-0426 (RWR), 2013 WL 782609 (D.D.C. Mar. 4, 2013) (Roberts, J.)
Re: Records pertaining to plaintiff
Disposition: Denying defendant's motion to dismiss in part and for summary judgment
- Adequacy of Search: The court finds that "the IRS' supporting declarations do not establish compliance with the agency's obligations under the FOIA…[and] 'leave [] substantial doubt as to the sufficiency of the search.'" The declarations are "replete with acronyms and...
Elec. Privacy Info. Ctr. v. DHS, No. 11-2261 (JDB), 2013 WL 781716 (D.D.C. Mar. 4, 2013) (Bates, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning social media monitoring initiatives
Disposition: Granting in part and denying in part defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Segregability: The court finds that the agency has met its disclosure obligations for one document. The defendant "has already disclosed all of the nonexempt information in the document – the company name, Cyveillance; the date of...
Muttitt v. Dep't of State, No. 10-202 (BAH), 2013 WL 781709 (D.D.C. Mar. 4, 2013) (Howell, J.)
Re: Request for records regarding the development of Iraq's energy policy and national hydrocarbon law
Disposition: Granting in part and denying in part defendant's motion for summary judgment; denying plaintiff's motion for leave to file additional evidence
- Litigation/Policy and Practice Claim: The court notes "plaintiff concedes that he did not state a separate cause of action for any...
Dent v. EOUSA, No. 12-0420 (EGS), 2013 WL 782625 (D.D.C. Mar. 2, 2013) (Sullivan, J.)
Re: Request for records pertaining to plaintiff
Disposition: Denying plaintiff's motion for summary judgment; granting in part and denying in part defendant's motion for summary judgment; denying defendant's motion to dismiss
- Exhaustion: The court denies defendant's motion to dismiss because although "[n]othing in the record of this case indicates that plaintiff paid search fees in advance,...
Cause of Action v. NARA, No 12-1342, 2013 WL 765336 (D.D.C. March 1, 2013) (Boasbeg, J.)
Re: Request for copies of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's (FCIC) records transferred to NARA
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss because the Commission's records are not agency records subject to the FOIA
- Agency records: The court holds that the records of the FCIC, a temporary body established within the legislative branch, that were transferred to NARA are not...
Dorsey v. EOUSA, No. 12-0534, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28739 (D.D.C. March 1, 2013) (Sullivan, J.)
Re: First party request for records on self
Disposition: Granting EOUSA's motion for summary judgment in part with regard to adequacy of search; ordering EOUSA to send copies of previously released records to plaintiff at no cost
- Adequacy of search: The court concludes that EOUSA conducted a reasonable and adequate search for records. It notes that EOUSA properly construed plaintiff's request...
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. DHS, No. 11-00604, 2013 WL 753437 (D.D.C. Feb. 28, 2013) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning "recent changes in federal immigration enforcement priorities and their implementation in Houston, Texas"
Disposition: Granting DHS's renewed motion for summary judgment in part and finding that DHS properly withheld information from seventeen documents pursuant to the deliberative process privilege and from two documents pursuant to the attorney-work product...
Freedom Watch, Inc. v. Dep't of State, No. 12-314, 2013 WL 692770 (D.D.C. Feb. 27, 2013) (Collyer, J.)
Re: Request for all records concerning sixty-three categories of records pertaining to "waivers the Department of State may have granted to citizens, corporations, or other countries to trade with Iran despite very tough sanctions against that country to prevent its development of nuclear missiles."
Disposition: Granting defendants' motion to dismiss because the records requested are not...
McLaughlin v. Pasco Cnty. Sheriff's Office, No. 11-15257, 2013 WL 692724 (11th Cir. Feb. 26, 2013) (per curiam)
Re: Appellant's attempt to amend his complaint to include FOIA claims regarding his request for evidence concerning his criminal case
Disposition: Reversing and remanding district court determination that plaintiff could not amend his complaint
- Jurisdiction/Amendment of Complaint: The court holds that the district court erred in denying appellant "the opportunity to amend his complaint at...
Evans v. Legislative Affairs Div., ATF, No. 6:12-cv-00641-JMC, 2013 WL 708941 (D.S.C. Feb. 26, 2013) (Childs, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning the agent involved in plaintiff's arrest
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Exemption 7C: The court rejects plaintiff's argument that disclosure of the information requested concerning the agent involved in his arrest [i.e. verification of the agent's employment by ATF at the time of plaintiff's trial] will serve the public interest...