AMERICAN TRANSPARENCY v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Plaintiff: AMERICAN TRANSPARENCY, D/B/A OPENTHEBOOKS.COM and AMERICAN TRANSPARENCY doing business as OPENTHEBOOKS.COM
Defendant: US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Case Number: 1:2022cv02021
Filed: July 12, 2022
Court: US District Court for the District of Columbia
Presiding Judge: Amit P Mehta
Nature of Suit: Freedom of Information Act
Cause of Action: 05 U.S.C. ยง 552 Freedom of Information Act
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
August 31, 2022 Filing 8 Joint STATUS REPORT by AMERICAN TRANSPARENCY. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Orfanedes, Paul)
August 31, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER. The parties shall file an additional Joint Status Report by October 31, 2022, which updates the court on the processing and production of responsive records. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 8/31/2022. (lcapm2)
August 19, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 7 ORDER. Both a Complaint and an Answer are now before the court in this FOIA case. It is hereby ordered that the parties shall meet and confer and file a Joint Status Report on or before September 1, 2022. The Joint Status Report shall include (1) the status of Plaintiffs FOIA request; (2) the anticipated number of documents responsive to Plaintiffs FOIA request; (3) the anticipated date(s) for release of the documents requested by Plaintiff; (4) whether a motion for stay is likely under Open America v. Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 547 F.2d 605 (D.C. Cir. 1976); and (5) whether the parties anticipate summary judgment briefing and, if so, a proposed briefing schedule. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 8/19/2022. (lcapm2)
August 19, 2022 Set/Reset Deadlines: Status Report due by 9/1/2022 (zjch, )
August 18, 2022 Filing 6 ANSWER to Complaint by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.(Tepe, Sean)
August 10, 2022 Filing 5 RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to the United States Attorney. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney on 7/19/2022. ( Answer due for ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS by 8/18/2022.), RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed on United States Attorney General. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney General 07/25/2022., RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES served on 7/26/2022 (Attachments: #1 Affidavit of Cristina Rotaru)(Orfanedes, Paul)
July 14, 2022 Filing 4 ERRATA to LCvR 26.1 Certificate by AMERICAN TRANSPARENCY. (Orfanedes, Paul)
July 14, 2022 Filing 3 SUMMONS (3) Issued Electronically as to U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachment: #1 Notice and Consent)(znmg)
July 14, 2022 NOTICE OF ERROR re #2 LCvR 26.1 Certificate of Disclosure - Corporate Affiliations/Financial Interests; emailed to porfanedes@judicialwatch.org, cc'd 1 associated attorneys -- The PDF file you docketed contained errors: 1. No signature. Please file the signed document using the event Errata. All filings must have an original signature or '/s/ Attorney Name' to represent an electronic signature of the filer., 2. Form filed as fillable PDF. Please file form in a non-fillable PDF format., 3. COMPLIANCE DEADLINE is by close of business today. This case will not proceed any further until all errors are satisfied. (znmg, )
July 14, 2022 Case Assigned to Judge Amit P. Mehta. (znmg)
July 12, 2022 Filing 2 LCvR 26.1 CERTIFICATE OF DISCLOSURE of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interests by AMERICAN TRANSPARENCY, D/B/A OPENTHEBOOKS.COM (Orfanedes, Paul) (Main Document 2 replaced on 7/14/2022) (znmg).
July 12, 2022 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number BDCDC-9364172) filed by AMERICAN TRANSPARENCY, D/B/A OPENTHEBOOKS.COM. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Summons Department of Health and Human Services, #3 Summons US Atty for DC, #4 Summons US Atty General)(Orfanedes, Paul) (Attachment 1 replaced on 7/14/2022) (znmg).

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Plaintiff: AMERICAN TRANSPARENCY, D/B/A OPENTHEBOOKS.COM
Represented By: Paul J. Orfanedes
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Plaintiff: AMERICAN TRANSPARENCY doing business as OPENTHEBOOKS.COM
Represented By: Paul J. Orfanedes
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Represented By: Sean Michael Tepe
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