American Civil Liberties Union et al v. United States Department of Justice
Plaintiff: American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Defendant: United States Department of Justice
Case Number: 1:2013cv07347
Filed: October 17, 2013
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Office: Foley Square Office
County: New York
Presiding Judge: Robert W. Sweet
Nature of Suit: Freedom of Information Act
Cause of Action: 05 U.S.C. ยง 552 Freedom of Information Act
Jury Demanded By: None

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May 2, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 69 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re: 62 MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by United States Department of Justice. For the reasons stated above, the DOJ's motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 62) is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate all pending motions and to close this case. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Gregory H. Woods on 5/2/2017) (anc)
September 27, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 61 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re: 52 MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, 47 MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by United States Department of Justice. For the reasons stated above, DOJ's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART without prejudice. The ACLU's cross-motion is GRANTED insofar as it challenges the adequacy of DOJ's Vaughn submissions on behalf of EOU SA and with respect to NSD Doc. No. 7, and is otherwise DENIED. The denial of the ACLU's motion is without prejudice to the extent that the motion challenges the withholding of documents by EOUSA and NSD Doc. No. 7. DOJ is directed to submit rev ised Vaughn submissions addressing the documents withheld by EOUSA and NSD Doc. No. 7 and a segregability analysis addressing the NSD documents the Court has found to be within the scope of Exemption 5, along with a renewed motion for partial summary judgment no later than November 14, 2016. The ACLU may file a renewed cross-motion for summary judgment with respect to the documents withheld by EOUSA and NSD Doc. No. 7 no later than 30 days from the date of service of DOJ's renewed motion. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the motions pending at Dkt. Nos. 47 and 52. (As further set forth in this Order.) (Motions due by 11/14/2016.) (Signed by Judge Gregory H. Woods on 9/27/2016) (kko)
March 3, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 35 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re: 17 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment, filed by United States Department of Justice, 23 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment, filed by American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Unio n Foundation. The ACLU's motion for summary judgment based on the scope of DOJ's search is GRANTED IN PART as described above. The Court orders DOJ to conduct a new search for the documents requested in Part 3, without limiting that search to "governing" documents, and to release any responsive records that do not fall under a FOIA exemption. To the extent that the ACLU's motion challenges other aspects of DOJ's search, it is DENIED IN PART. The government's mo tion for summary judgment based on the applicability of Exemption 5 to the documents listed in the government's Vaughn index is GRANTED. The ACLU's cross-motion on that issue is DENIED. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the motions pending at docket numbers 17 and 23 and to close this case. (Signed by Judge Gregory H. Woods on 3/3/2015) (kko)
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Plaintiff: American Civil Liberties Union
Represented By: Alexander Abraham Abdo
Represented By: Jameel Jaffer
Represented By: Brett Max Kaufman
Represented By: Patrick Christopher Toomey
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Plaintiff: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Represented By: Alexander Abraham Abdo
Represented By: Jameel Jaffer
Represented By: Brett Max Kaufman
Represented By: Patrick Christopher Toomey
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