PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT, INC.
Plaintiff: PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT, INC., TRITA PARSI, MOHAMMAD ALI SHABANI, NEGAR MORTAZAVI, NARGES BAJOGHLI and ESFANDYAR BATMANGHELIDJ
Not Classified By Court: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Case Number: 1:2019cv02781
Filed: September 17, 2019
Court: US District Court for the District of Columbia
Presiding Judge: Randolph D Moss
Nature of Suit: Freedom of Information Act
Cause of Action: 05 U.S.C. § 552 Freedom of Information Act
Jury Demanded By: None
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June 18, 2023 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #45 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before August 18, 2023. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 6/18/2023. (lcrdm1)
June 12, 2023 Filing 45 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (McBride, Patricia)
April 18, 2023 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint motion for leave to file joint status report, Dkt. #44 , it is hereby ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED. It is further ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before June 16, 2023. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 4/18/2023. (lcrdm1)
April 17, 2023 Filing 44 Joint MOTION for Leave to File JOINT STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (McBride, Patricia)
January 26, 2023 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #43 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before April 12, 2023. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 1/26/2023. (lcrdm1)
January 25, 2023 Filing 43 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (McBride, Patricia)
November 17, 2022 Filing 42 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (McBride, Patricia)
November 17, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #42 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before January 26, 2023. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 11/17/2022. (lcrdm1)
October 7, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #41 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before November 28, 2022. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 10/7/2022. (lcrdm1)
September 30, 2022 Filing 41 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (McBride, Patricia)
July 25, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of Defendant's status report, Dkt. #40 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a joint status report on or before September 29, 2022. The Court notes that it previously ordered that the parties file a joint status report. Going forward, the parties shall confer and shall file joint status reports. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 7/25/2022. (lcrdm1)
July 21, 2022 Filing 40 STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (McBride, Patricia)
July 18, 2022 Filing 39 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL by Patricia K. McBride on behalf of U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Substituting for attorney Diana Viggiano Valdivia (McBride, Patricia)
June 21, 2022 Filing 38 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
June 21, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #38 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before July 21, 2022. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 6/21/2022. (lcrdm1)
May 23, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #37 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before June 21, 2022. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 5/23/2022. (lcrdm1)
May 19, 2022 Filing 37 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
May 19, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #37 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before June 21, 2022. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 5/19/2022. (lcrdm1)
April 19, 2022 Filing 36 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
April 19, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #36 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before May 19, 2022. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 4/19/2022. (lcrdm1)
March 18, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #35 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before April 19, 2022. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 3/18/2022. (lcrdm1)
March 17, 2022 Filing 35 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
February 17, 2022 Filing 34 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
February 17, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #34 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before March 17, 2022. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 2/17/2022. (lcrdm1)
January 18, 2022 Filing 33 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
January 18, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #33 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before February 17, 2022. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 1/18/2022. (lcrdm1)
December 17, 2021 Filing 32 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
December 17, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #32 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before January 18, 2022. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 12/17/2021. (lcrdm1)
December 17, 2021 Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 1/18/2022. (kt)
November 18, 2021 Filing 31 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
November 18, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #31 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before December 17, 2021. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 11/18/2021. (lcrdm1)
October 18, 2021 Filing 30 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
October 18, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #30 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before November 18, 2021. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 10/18/2021. (lcrdm1)
September 22, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #29 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before October 18, 2021. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 09/22/2021. (lcrdm1)
September 17, 2021 Filing 29 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
August 17, 2021 Filing 28 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
August 17, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #28 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before September 16, 2021. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 08/17/2021. (lcrdm1)
July 17, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #27 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before August 17, 2021. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 07/17/2021. (lcrdm1)
July 16, 2021 Filing 27 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
June 17, 2021 Filing 26 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
June 17, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #26 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before July 16, 2021. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 06/17/2021. (lcrdm1)
May 18, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #25 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before June 17, 2021. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 05/18/2021. (lcrdm1)
May 17, 2021 Filing 25 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
April 17, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #24 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before May 17, 2021. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 04/17/2021. (lcrdm1)
April 16, 2021 Filing 24 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
March 18, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #23 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before April 16, 2021. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 03/18/2021. (lcrdm1)
March 17, 2021 Filing 23 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
February 17, 2021 Filing 22 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
February 17, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #22 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before March 17, 2021. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 02/17/2021. (lcrdm1)
January 15, 2021 Filing 21 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
January 15, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #21 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before February 17, 2021. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 01/15/2021. (lcrdm1)
December 16, 2020 Filing 20 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
December 16, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #20 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before January 15, 2021. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 12/16/2020. (lcrdm1)
November 19, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of Parties' joint status report, Dkt. #19 , it is hereby ORDERED that Parties shall file a further joint status report on or before December 16, 2020 to propose a processing production schedule going forward in this matter. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 11/19/2020. (lcrdm1)
November 16, 2020 Filing 19 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
October 15, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of Parties' joint status report, Dkt. #18 , it is hereby ORDERED that Parties shall file a further joint status report on or before November 16, 2020 to propose a processing and production schedule going forward in this matter. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 10/15/2020. (lcrdm1)
October 14, 2020 Filing 18 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
September 15, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #17 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before October 14, 2020. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 09/15/2020. (lcrdm1)
September 14, 2020 Filing 17 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
August 10, 2020 Filing 16 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
August 10, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #16 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before September 14, 2020. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 8/10/2020. (lcrdm1)
July 10, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #15 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall submit a further joint status report on or before August 10, 2020, proposing a processing and production schedule going forward in this matter. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 7/10/2020. (lcrdm1)
July 9, 2020 Filing 15 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
May 30, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint status report, Dkt. #14 , it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall file a further joint status report on or before July 9, 2020 to propose a processing and production schedule going forward in this matter. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 5/30/2020. (lcrdm1)
May 29, 2020 Filing 14 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
April 1, 2020 Case STAYED. (kt)
March 31, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of Defendant's unopposed motion to stay proceedings, Dkt. #13 , it is hereby ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED. It is further ORDERED that the processing and production deadlines as well as the deadlines for filing the parties' joint status reports in this case shall be stayed until May 29, 2020. It is further ORDERED that the parties shall file a joint status report on or before May 29, 2020, informing the Court of the parties views on a proposed schedule for the resumption of Defendant's processing and production of records. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 3/31/2020. (lcrdm1)
March 30, 2020 Filing 13 Unopposed MOTION to Stay and Extend the Processing, Production, and Reporting Deadlines in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemics Effect on Federal Government Operations by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Eric Stein, #2 Text of Proposed Order)(Valdivia, Diana). Added MOTION for Extension of Time to on 4/1/2020 (znmw).
March 20, 2020 Filing 12 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
February 21, 2020 Filing 11 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
January 24, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: Upon consideration of the parties' joint motion for extension of time, nunc pro tunc, Dkt. #9 , it is hereby ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED. It is further ORDERED that the parties' January 17, 2020 joint status report shall be due on or before January 23, 2020. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 1/24/20. (lcrdm1)
January 23, 2020 Filing 10 Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Valdivia, Diana)
January 23, 2020 Filing 9 Joint MOTION for Extension of Time to File Joint Status Report, Nunc Pro Tunc by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Valdivia, Diana)
January 23, 2020 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: The parties are hereby ORDERED to comply with the terms of the Court's revised standing order, which is available on the Court's website. # Click for details. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 1/23/20. (lcrdm1)
December 2, 2019 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Randolph D. Moss: Initial Scheduling Conference held on 12/2/2019. Defendant shall complete its searches by 12/13/2019; Defendant shall provide Plaintiff with potential responsive documents and pages by 12/18/2019, with first interim production by 1/17/2020; Defendant shall process no fewer than 600 pages of records each month. The parties shall file joint status reports on the third Friday of each month, commencing on 1/17/2020. (Court Reporter: Nancy Meyer.) (kt)
November 25, 2019 Filing 8 Joint STATUS REPORT by NARGES BAJOGHLI, ESFANDYAR BATMANGHELIDJ, NEGAR MORTAZAVI, TRITA PARSI, PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT, INC., MOHAMMAD ALI SHABANI. (Abate, Michael)
November 4, 2019 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER: It is ORDERED that, on or before November 25, 2019, the parties shall confer and file a joint status report addressing (1) any documents still to be produced pursuant to FOIA; (2) an anticipated schedule for processing and producing any such documents, and (3) any substantive areas of disagreement between the parties. It is FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall appear for an Initial Scheduling Conference on December 2, 2019, at 10:30 a.m., in Courtroom 21. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 11/4/19. (lcrdm1) Modified on 11/4/2019 to edit hearing type (kt).
November 1, 2019 Filing 7 ANSWER to Complaint by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE.(Valdivia, Diana)
November 1, 2019 Filing 6 NOTICE of Appearance by Diana Viggiano Valdivia on behalf of U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (Valdivia, Diana)
October 16, 2019 NOTICE OF ERROR re #5 Request for Summons to Issue; emailed to mabate@kplouisville.com, cc'd 1 associated attorneys -- The PDF file you docketed contained errors: 1. Please refile document, 2. The Executive Office is not listed as a party. If they are being served on behalf of the defendant (ztd, )
October 15, 2019 Filing 5 ENTERED IN ERROR. . . . .REQUEST FOR SUMMONS TO ISSUE with revised address filed by NEGAR MORTAZAVI, PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT, INC., ESFANDYAR BATMANGHELIDJ, MOHAMMAD ALI SHABANI, NARGES BAJOGHLI, TRITA PARSI.(Abate, Michael) Modified on 10/16/2019 (ztd).
September 19, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 4 STANDING ORDER: The parties are hereby ORDERED to comply with the directives set forth in the attached Standing Order. See document for details. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 9/19/19. (lcrdm1, )
September 19, 2019 Filing 3 SUMMONS (1) Issued Electronically as to U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Attachment: #1 Notice and Consent)(zeg)
September 19, 2019 Case Assigned to Judge Randolph D. Moss. (zeg)
September 17, 2019 Filing 2 LCvR 26.1 CERTIFICATE OF DISCLOSURE of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interests by PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT, INC. (Abate, Michael)
September 17, 2019 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0090-6381822) filed by PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Group Request, #2 Exhibit Mortazavi Request, #3 Exhibit Group Acknowledgment, #4 Exhibit Mortazavi Acknowledgment, #5 Civil Cover Sheet, #6 Summons)(Abate, Michael)

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