N.Y. Legal Assistance Grp. v. BIA, No. 18-9495, 2019 WL 3802179 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 13, 2019) (Crotty, J.)

N.Y. Legal Assistance Grp. v. BIA, No. 18-9495, 2019 WL 3802179 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 13, 2019) (Crotty, J.)

Re:  Request to make unpublished decisions of BIA publicly available in electronic reading-room

Disposition:  Granting defendant's motion to dismiss; denying plaintiff's motion for summary judgment

• Proactive Disclosures:  The court holds that "the relief Plaintiff seeks is beyond this Court's jurisdiction."  The court relates that "Plaintiff does not seek to compel Defendants to produce certain documents, but rather to make publicly accessible all unpublished BIA decisions from 1996 to the present in an electronic reading-room."  "While the BIA may have an obligation to make available for public inspection certain opinions, . . . this Court only has jurisdiction to order the production of documents to the complainant . . . ."  "Plaintiff does not seek this relief."