District Court Decisions

Serv. Women's Action Network v. DOD, No. 10-1953, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45292 (D. Conn. Mar. 30, 2012) (Kravitz, J.).  Holding:  Granting, in part and denying in part, defendants' motion for summary judgment and concluding that defendants appropriately did not respond to two requests that were questions regarding government policies, and finding that there is a question of fact as to whether plaintiff's request for "all records related to non-judicial or administrative resolution of sexual-related complaints that did not result in court martial" is unduly burdensome; and determining that five of defendants' declarations indicate that a reasonable search was conducted, but finding that nine of defendants' declarations are not sufficient, and ordering defendants to submit additional affidavits to demonstrate that adequate searches were conducted.

Gatson v. FBI, No. 08-6348, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41636 (D.N.J. Mar. 27, 2012) (Sheridan, J.).  Holding:  Granting the FBI's motion to dismiss and for summary judgment on the basis that it conducted an adequate search and that it properly withheld certain information pursuant to Exemptions 2, 7(E), 6, and 7(C) as well as the identifying information of individuals on a grand jury under Exemption 3 in conjunction with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e); and denying plaintiff's claim regarding expedited processing of his request as moot.

Carlson v. DOJ, No. 10-5149, 2012 WL 928124 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2012) (Engelmayer, J.).  Holding:  Adopting magistrate's report and recommendation to grant defendant's motion for summary judgment and dismiss plaintiff's FOIA case where plaintiff failed to object in a timely manner to that report, and where the court finds no facial error in the magistrate's conclusions.

Sussman v. USMS, No. 03-610, 2011 WL 3891820 (D.D.C. Sept. 6, 2011) (Kennedy, J.).  Holding:  Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment with respect to plaintiff's FOIA claims, noting that he has conceded that the these claims are no longer at issue following the defendants' release of additional segregable information in compliance with the court's earlier Order