111 results for 'nos:"Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits"'.
J. Lamberth grants $17,000 in attorney fees and costs to a group following its Freedom of Information Act case against the IRS seeking records related to alleged meetings between the agency's commissioner and FTX, "a famously scandal-ridden and now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange." The IRS repeatedly refused to process the request and, although it failed to find responsive records, the group is considered the prevailing party following the FOIA litigation.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: February 16, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv340, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Public Record, Tax, Attorney Fees
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J. Howell denies, in part, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's motion for summary judgment on a nonprofit's Freedom of Information Act case seeking certain FERC commissioners' calendars and phone records. The name of a lobbyist who had lunch with a chairman on a certain date must be released, as the agency concedes it "'should definitely not have [been] withheld.'"
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Howell, Filed On: February 12, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv3420, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Energy, Environment, Public Record
J. Chutkan denies, in part, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' partial motion to dismiss a group's Freedom of Information Act case seeking records regarding certain types of Medicare, how payment rates are set and related data. The group has adequately pleaded its claim seeking to enjoin the agency from violating the Act by delaying its disclosure of non-exempt documents.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Chutkan, Filed On: February 5, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv2784, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Public Record, Medicare, Injunction
J. Oetken partially grants the New York Times' motion for summary judgment with respect to the FBI's claimed FOIA exemption for a document responsive to the newspaper's request for a copy of the FBI's analysis of the phenomenon known as "Havana Syndrome." While the report does contain descriptions of techniques whose disclosure could risk circumvention of the law, the FBI has applied the exemption to shield other techniques already known to the public. The FBI must produce a copy of the report with redactions consistent with this opinion.
Court: USDC Southern District of New York, Judge: Oetken, Filed On: January 29, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv3590, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Public Record
J. Boasberg denies, in part, the Department of Defense's motion to dismiss a military member's Freedom of Information Act, equal protection and race discrimination action arising from the revocation of his security clearance. He has sufficiently alleged certain aspects of his Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act claims.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Boasberg, Filed On: January 22, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv1471, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Public Record, Privacy, Military
J. Conrad orders a pre-filing review system imposed on any documents filed by a man for his abuse of the court and entrance of frivolous filings, including the current ones against a host of judges, courts, lawyers and firms, banks and his former employer. Despite warnings, the man filed an omnibus motion against all the parties after having been asked to submit one page as to why he should not subject to the pre-filing review system.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: January 18, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv423, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Civil Procedure, Judiciary
J. Contreras denies, in part, the Federal Trade Commission's motion for summary judgment on Bloomberg's Freedom of Information Act case seeking records related to the FTC's pre-consummation warning letters it sends to businesses that plan to acquire voting securities or assets of other businesses. Contrary to the agency's argument, some of the requested information is not exempt from disclosure.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Contreras, Filed On: January 16, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv3309, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Corporations, Public Record
J. Contreras denies, in part, four government agencies' motion for summary judgment on a group's Freedom of Information Act case seeking records related to the agencies' acquisition or use of commercially available information about certain current and former Congress members. The agencies must conduct a search for certain policy documents, as they fail to show their Glomar responses to that subset of information was justified.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Contreras, Filed On: January 5, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv1812, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Government, Public Record
J. Kacsmaryk finds for a nonprofit on its Freedom of Information Act case seeking 7.8 million text responses to the government's call for information from those who received a Covid-19 vaccine, including symptoms, adverse events, hospitalization or treatment, and safety issues. Production of the data, which will include the registrant number but redact personal identifying information, is not unreasonably burdensome.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Kacsmaryk, Filed On: January 5, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv102, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Health Care, Public Record, Covid-19
J. Contreras denies, in part, Immigration and Customs Enforcement's motion for summary judgment on a press group's Freedom of Information Act case seeking records concerning two asylum seekers and information on ways calls from detainees at ICE facilities in El Paso, Texas were limited or blocked. The agency has failed to show it conducted a good faith search for the records at issue.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Contreras, Filed On: December 28, 2023, Case #: 1:18cv2932, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Government, Immigration, Public Record
J. Chen finds in partial favor of the news representative on his FOIA complaint alleging that the Department of Justice did not fully comply with his records request for documents relating to firearms recovered south of the border by the ATF. The DOJ argues that he fails to prove that he is a news representative, but he has written an op-ed about the subject, has been quoted in other articles, and even made a documentary film, all of which more than qualify him as a news representative. The matter is remanded and stayed, however, to give the ATF a chance to answer some questions over its database access.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Chen, Filed On: December 19, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv7663, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Public Record
J. Conrad grants a host of judges, courts and the federal government, among others, their motion to dismiss claims of a conspiracy against a man involving the Eastern District of Tennessee’s Electronic Case Filing system. The man failed to timely respond to the motion to dismiss and his claims lack any basis. Further, the man has a considerable record of making frivolous complaints and will therefore be subject to a pre-filing review system to prevent continued abuse and harassment of the court should he choose to bring future actions.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: December 15, 2023, Case #: 3:23cv423, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Communications, Government, Damages
J. Cogburn grants a joint motion to dismiss by both the U.S. Justice Department and a former employee after the department withheld and redacted information that the employee requested through the Freedom of Information Act. The Office of Information Policy, having received the sufficient information it needed from the employee, will open his administrative appeal of one of the department’s responses to his information requests.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Cogburn, Filed On: November 21, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv69, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Employment, Government, Settlements