A woman sued La Mesa, Calif., and its police department in San Diego County Court for, among other things, the name of the police officer who shot her between the eyes with a beanbag on May 31, blinding her in one eye and fracturing her face.
Read moreIn search of information on whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered federal workers to do personal errands for him and his wife, NBCUniversal sued the State Department in federal court for “records of electronic communications between Susan Pompeo’s personal email address and email addresses with a @state.gov domain name, sent or received on or between April 26, 2018 and November 13, 2019.”
Read moreThe Santa Fe Dreamers Project sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection in a federal FOIA complaint seeking information on the agency’s “targeting of human rights defenders [including attorneys] by border enforcement agencies.”
Read moreBuzzfeed reporter Jason Leopold sued the State Department for information on its modeling of Covid-19 pandemic scenarios, and the Federal Election Commission, et al., for its plans, memos, etc. on the pandemic, in separate FOIA complaints in federal court.
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The Second Circuit upheld a ruling Monday that records of who has visited President Donald Trump’s White House and private Florida resort are exempt from government watchdog groups’ Freedom of Information Act requests.
Read moreNational Public Radio sued the U.S. Transportation Security Administration in federal court for failing to respond for a FOIA request on communications between TSA officials from Dec. 1, 2019 through Jan. 31, 2020, regarding coronavirus, Covid-19 and similar terms.
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that corrections officials in the state must share documents related to the state’s half-decade effort to acquire and use new lethal injection drugs.
Read morePhoenix Newspapers (The Arizona Republic) et al. sued the Arizona Department of Health Services for public records that show the number of Covid-19 cases in nursing institutions and their transfers to and from Arizona hospitals, in Maricopa County Court.
Read moreThe Washington Post sued the State Department in federal court for information on U.S. diplomats’ visits to Wuhan, China in 2018, regarding the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s “studies on bat coronaviruses,” and the diplomats’ urging the U.S. to provide support to the lab, “because its research on bat coronaviruses was important but dangerous,” and the U.S. refusal to provide such support.
Read moreTask & Purpose, a military- and veteran-focused digital media company, sued the Department of Defense for emails to and from Capt. Brett Crozier, whose request for help in a Covid-19 epidemic on the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier led to his removal, then the resignation of the acting secretary of the Navy who removed him.
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Burning Man organizers sued the Bureau of Land Management on Sunday to block the agency from turning over “confidential financial information” to a fervent critic who claims the annual festival cheats his rural Nevada county out of vital revenue each year.
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The Trump administration has ruled that gun shops are “essential” businesses that should remain open as other businesses are closed to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. Gun-control groups are balking, calling it a policy that puts profits over public health after intense lobbying by the gun industry.
Read morePeeking into chambers, a self-appointed Supreme Court watchdog on Tuesday tallied up the private flights and other hidden perks justices enjoy when invited to speak at universities.
Read moreA federal court in Washington upheld a majority of Freedom of Information Act request withholdings challenged by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barton Gellman who seeks every record in federal intelligence agencies’ files that mentions his name. Gellman, who is writing a book about intelligence gathering, reported on documents leaked to him from Edward Snowden.
Read moreCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al. in federal court to stop them from destroying “records documenting mistreatment of individuals detained in ICE custody, including records of detainee deaths, sexual assault and abuse, civil rights violations, inhumane solitary confinement practices, and violations of ICE detention standards.”
Read moreThe Legal Aid Society sued the Department of Housing and Urban Development in federal court for information on its plan to withhold rental assistance to any household whose leaseholder is not an eligible immigrant, regardless of the presence of eligible U.S. citizens or immigrants in the household.
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By this time last year, more than 20 million plane and cruise ship passengers had submitted to the U.S. government’s facial-recognition software. As to how that information is processed or retained, however, the records are not public.
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The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review whether draft documents that preceded new regulations on power plants and manufacturing facilities are subject to public disclosure.
Read moreFOIA warrior Jason Leopold sued the Department of Justice in federal court for records on its sentencing records on Roger Stone, and President Trump’s involvement in it, in federal court.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit ruled against a firefighter seeking records relating to the Yarnell Hill Fire of 2013, which killed 19 firefighters in Arizona. The court ruled that even if the U.S. Department of Agriculture once held the records the firefighter seeks, there is no question that the department’s search for them was adequate.
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