American Civil Liberties Union et al v. Department of Defense et al
Plaintiff: American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Defendant: Department of Defense, Department of Justice and Department of State
Case Number: 1:2017cv09972
Filed: December 21, 2017
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Office: Foley Square Office
Presiding Judge: Edgardo Ramos
Nature of Suit: Freedom of Information Act
Cause of Action: 05 U.S.C. ยง 552
Jury Demanded By: None

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April 22, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 52 REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the briefing schedule set forth in the Court's February 19, 2021 Order is adjourned. The government will produce a redacted version of the document sought in the plaintiffs' FOIA request s by April 30, 2021. The parties will meet and confer and submit a status report by May 28, 2021. To the extent any issues remain to be litigated, the status report will include a proposed briefing schedule. (As further set forth in this Order.) (Signed by Judge Edgardo Ramos on 4/22/2021) (cf) Modified on 4/22/2021 (cf).
February 19, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 48 REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER granting 47 Letter Motion for Extension of Time to File. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the schedule set forth in the Court's January 15, 2021 Order is amended as follows: Government's consolidated motio n due: April 23, 2021. Plaintiffs' oppositions and cross-motions due: May 21, 2021. Government's consolidated opposition and reply due: June 18, 2021. Plaintiffs' replies due: July 9, 2021. (Signed by Judge Edgardo Ramos on 2/19/2021) (mro)
October 5, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 40 MEMORANDUM OPINION: For these reasons, the Court finds that the Defense Department never properly invoked Exemption 3 and that its invocation of Exemption 1 was rendered illogical and implausible by the release of the Niger ambush report. Accordingly, the agencies' motion for summary judgment was DENIED, and the cross-motions of both the ACLU and the Times were GRANTED. The instructions within the Court's Order of September 29, 2020, Doc. 39, remain in effect. (Signed by Judge Edgardo Ramos on 10/5/2020) (mro)
September 29, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 39 ORDER granting 32 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment; denying 28 Motion for Summary Judgment. For the reasons set forth in a Memorandum Opinion to be filed separately, the defendants' motions for summary judgment are DENIED and the plaintiffs' cross-motions for summary judgment are GRANTED. The defendants are ORDERED to confirm or deny the existence of records responsive to the plaintiffs' FOIA requests. The parties are further directed to submit, by Nove mber 1, 2020, a schedule for the defendants' compliance with this Order and the further disposition of this case. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to terminate the following motions: Docs. 28 and 32 in 17 Civ. 9972, and Docs. 13 and 17 in 20 Civ. 43. (Signed by Judge Edgardo Ramos on 9/29/2020) (mro)
January 15, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 25 ORDER re: (8 in 1:20-cv-00043-ER) Letter filed by The New York Times Company, (23 in 1:17-cv-09972-ER) Letter filed by American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation. For the reasons set forth above, the Court set s the following consolidated briefing schedule for both actions: motions due February 12, 2020; oppositions due March 11, 2020; and replies due March 25, 2020. Furthermore, in light of this briefing schedule, the request for a pre-motion conference filed in 17 Civ. 9972, Doc. 23, is DENIED as moot. It is SO ORDERED. (Motions due by 2/12/2020., Responses due by 3/11/2020, Replies due by 3/25/2020.) (Signed by Judge Edgardo Ramos on 1/15/2020) (kv)
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Represented By: Anna Natalia Diakun
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