Court Decisions

S. Env’t L. Ctr. v. TVA, No. 24-95, 2025 WL 1791128 (E.D. Tenn. June 27, 2025) (Crytzer, J.)

Re: Request for records concerning agency’s study of various programs for influencing regional electric load, including energy efficiency, demand response, and electrification

Disposition:  Granting defendant’s motion to dismiss in part

Litigation Considerations, Pleadings:  The court relates that “[i]n its...

Parra v. United States, No. 25-431, 2025 WL 1792979 (Fed. Cl. June 27, 2025) (Roumel, J.)

Re: Request for certain surveillance footage and security reports

Disposition:  Granting defendant’s motion to dismiss

• Litigation Considerations, Jurisdiction:  The court holds that it does not have jurisdiction because “FOIA . . . is not a money-mandating source of law.”

Project on Gov’t Oversight v. DHS, No. 22-2424, 2025 WL 1897819 (D.D.C. June 26, 2025) (Berman Jackson, J.)

Re: Request for records concerning DHS OIG’s “alleged removal of damaging information from a draft report”

Disposition:  Granting in part and denying in part plaintiff’s request for a FOIA processing order; denying plaintiff’s request for discovery

• Litigation Considerations, Discovery:      The...

Levitt v. IRS, No. 24-00284, 2025 WL 1745758 (N.A. Ala. June 24, 2025) (Cornelius, Mag. J.)

Re:  Request for audit records concerning requester

Disposition:  Granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment

• Litigation Considerations, Adequacy of Search:  The court relates that, “[h]ere, the declaration provided by the agency representative satisfies the agency’s initial burden to show beyond a...

Jones v. VA, No. 125-135, 2025 WL 1748068 (S.D. Ga. June 24, 2025) (Epps, Mag. J.)

Re: Request for results of plaintiff’s Compensation and Pension examination

Disposition:  Requiring process to be issued to defendant after screening

• Litigation Considerations, Pleadings:  “Liberally construing Plaintiff’s allegations in his favor and granting him the benefit of all reasonable inferences to be derived...

Off. of Fed. Pub. Def. v. DOJ, No. 23-02476, 2025 WL 1734803 (D.D.C. June 23, 2025) (Ali, J.)

Re:  Request for five categories of records, including information about defendants’ security presence at plaintiff’s client’s trial and his transportation to the courthouse each day

Disposition:  Granting in part and denying in part defendants’ motion for summary judgment; granting in part and denying in...

Mora v. CBP, No. 24-3136, 2025 WL 1713252 (D.D.C. June 18, 2025) (Howell, J.)

Re: Plaintiffs’ allegation that defendants DHS and CBP had “violated the FOIA through ‘a nationwide pattern or practice of failing to make determinations regarding FOIA requests for an individual’s records within the statutory period’”

Disposition:  Granting plaintiffs’ motion to reconsider dismissal of FOIA claim...

MSW Media, Inc. v. U.S. DOGE Serv., No. 25-02881, 2025 WL 1707290 (N.D. Cal. June 18, 2025) (Martínez-Olguín, J.)

Re: Request for all DOGE emails from February 7, 2025 through February 10, 2025

Disposition:  Transferring case to District Court for the District of Columbia

• Litigation Considerations, Venue:  The court finds that “[u]nder 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(B), venue for this action as pleaded is...

Parra v. Jud. Conf. of the U.S., No. 25-01346, 2025 WL 1707688 (D.D.C. June 13, 2025) (Mehta, J.)

Re: Plaintiff’s FOIA requests

Disposition:  Dismissing plaintiff’s case

• Litigation Considerations, Pleadings:      The court relates that “[t]his matter was filed on April 29, 2025.”  “Upon review, on May 9, 2025, the court issued an order . . . finding that plaintiff’s pro se complaint was difficult to...

Walsh v. Dep’t of the Navy, No. 23-04164, 2025 WL 1676580 (D.S.D. June 13, 2025) (Schulte, J.)

Re: Request for disciplinary records for two now-retired military generals

Disposition:  Granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment; denying plaintiff’s motion for attorney fees

• Litigation Considerations, Evidentiary Showing, Adequacy of Search:  The court relates that “Defendants furnished affidavits...