| 25-6147 |
Anthony Roland v. Department of Justice, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-remedies freedom-of-information-act government-transparency judicial-review pro-se-petition summary-dismissal |
Whether the court of Appeals may summarily dismiss a Petitioner's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) claim on the ground that "any issues which could b… |
| 24-6692 |
Barbara Kowal v. Department of Justice, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split evidence-admission freedom-of-information-act government-custody judicial-records public-access |
Whether a judicial record admitted into evidence as an unsealed exhibit at a
public trial ceases to be a public record if the Government takes custody… |
| 24A272 |
David Whitehead v. United States District Court for the District of Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-18 |
Presumed Complete |
|
attorney-misconduct contract-dispute copyright-infringement fbi-investigation freedom-of-information-act intellectual-property |
Question not identified. |
| 24-245 |
Dennis M. Buckovetz v. Department of the Navy |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-transparency federal-records-disclosure freedom-of-information-act government-accountability judicial-standing mootness-doctrine |
1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that the District Court lacked jurisdiction because the case was not justiciable premised on mootness.
… |
| 23-1362 |
Robert Kreb v. Integra Aviation, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act appointments-clause article-iii due-process freedom-of-information-act privacy-act sua-sponte-dismissal subject-matter-jurisdiction whistleblower-protection |
Is it appropriate for courts to contend with this Court or Congress established law through sua sponte invocation of affirmative defenses and dismiss … |
| 23-1361 |
William Edward Powell v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-07-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act circuit-split disclosure-refusal freedom-of-information-act internal-revenue-code judicial-review tax-returns taxpayer-disclosure |
Is § 6103 a specific statute displacing FOIA, so that the remedy for taxpayers to compel disclosure of their returns and return information is a suit … |
| 23-965 |
Jin-Pyong Peter Yim v. National Institutes of Health |
Third Circuit |
2024-03-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-records agency-response foia-request freedom-of-information-act government-transparency non-exempt-records record-request record-specification responsive-records |
When the National Institutes of Health ("NIH ")
failed to respond to a record request within 20 busi
ness days, as required by statute, Petitioner ("… |
| 22-7323 |
Henry E. Gossage v. Office of Personnel Management, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
administrative-law agency-decision civil-procedure due-process freedom-of-information-act jurisdictional-challenge merit-systems-protection-board pro-se-filing standing suitability-determination unusual-circumstances |
1. Whether this appeal is frivolous, based on OPM's new, material, and final December 27, 2004, "Request for Suitability Determination"?
2. Whether t… |
| 22-6689 |
Andrew J. Johnston v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-02-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-agency federal-deposit-insurance-corporation foia-request freedom-of-information-act insurance-coverage separation-of-powers |
Are the separation of powers violated by the sweeping construction of FDIC insurance as a substantive jurisdictional element in eight federal courts o… |
| 22-578 |
Richard Behar v. Department of Homeland Security |
Second Circuit |
2022-12-22 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
agency-records appellate-procedure confidentiality foia-exemption-7c freedom-of-information-act party-presentation-principle presidential-administration privacy-interests statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether documents obtained and used by a federal agency in the legitimate conduct of its official duties are not "agency records" and thus never su… |
| 22-5770 |
Julian Okeayainneh v. Department of Justice, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-10-05 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure administrative-remedies attestation-requirement civil-action disclosure-requirements foia-exemptions freedom-of-information-act government-transparency judicial-review records-disclosure |
The Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., provides public access to information held by public authorities. The Act provides th… |
| 22-5611 |
William A. White v. Department of Justice, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-09-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions disclosure due-process freedom-of-information-act judicial-review legal-jurisdiction public-interest standing statutory-provisions |
Did the Seventh Circuit err in finding that any person's right to receive or obtain records promptly from federal agencies under 5 U.S.C. §552 (all 3)… |
| 22-5393 |
Seth Mitchell v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights document-withholding due-process freedom-of-information-act government-transparency governmental-agencies privacy-act |
1. "When, if ever, can United States Governmental agencies (United States Department of Veterans Affairs, United States Department of Defense) intenti… |
| 22-5009 |
Larry Welenc v. Department of Justice, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-06-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exemptions foia foia-exemption freedom-of-information-act investigative-procedure judicial-review standing statute-of-limitations |
1.) Can a US District Court Judge determine that a an excised Document released under
The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, consisting only … |
| 21-8242 |
Michael David Webb v. Anthony S. Fauci, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-procedure agency-response civil-rights due-process face-act foia free-exercise freedom-of-information-act injunctive-relief judicial-discretion procedural-due-process standing |
Whether, on a valid claim arising under the FOIA, a Trial Court may not properly dismiss, sua sponte, a case, without decision, where the requested Ag… |
| 21-1577 |
Ayyakkannu Manivannan v. Department of Energy |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-remedies agency-records foia freedom-of-information-act judicial-review personal-privacy public-official redaction statutory-interpretation statutory-time-limit |
1) When a person requests records from a federal agency
under the Freedom of Information Act, may the
agency redact the requester 's own name from t… |
| 21-1415 |
John Doe v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-right-to-informational-privacy constitutional-rights freedom-of-information-act government-records informational-privacy privacy-act relevance single-publication-rule statute-of-limitations timeliness |
1. Does judicial application of the "single publication rule" to all claims arising under the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a et seq., deprive private ci… |
| 21-1320 |
Robert Campo, et al. v. Department of Justice, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-04-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-precedent court-interpretation evidence-rules federal-rules-of-evidence federal-rules-of-procedure freedom-of-information-act judicial-discretion judicial-review procedural-rules supreme-court-precedent u.s-constitution |
Whether, in adjudications under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), federal judges are free to flout and knowingly violate FOIA, federal rules of… |
| 21-6868 |
Michael D. Webb v. Anthony S. Fauci, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
and whether summary judgment can be granted in a administrative-law administrative-remedies civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment freedom-of-information-act freedom-of-religion standing |
1. Whether, pursuant to S.Ct.R. 11, see also 28 U. S. C. § 2101(e) 1, upon application for prejudgment relief, in "a case pending in a United States c… |
| 21-469 |
Tony B. Jobe, Esquire v. National Transportation Safety Board |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law consultant-corollary foia-exemption-5 foreign-government freedom-of-information-act inter-agency-documents intra-agency-communications intra-agency-memorandums regulated-parties |
Exemption 5 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides that federal agencies need not release privileged "inter-agency or intra-agency memorand… |
| 21-133 |
Jorge Alejandro Rojas v. Federal Aviation Administration |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law agency-records circuit-split consultant-corollary foia-exemption-5 freedom-of-information-act inter-agency-memoranda judicial-circuit-split statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Ninth Circuit, in a sharply divided en banc decision, erred by adopting the consultant corollary and holding that "intra-agency memorandum… |
| 20-7975 |
Larry Welenc v. Department of Justice, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure district-court document-redaction foia-exemption freedom-of-information-act government-transparency judicial-review |
1.) Can a US District Court Judge determine that a an excised Document released under
The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, consisting only … |
| 20-983 |
Celestino G. Almeda v. Department of Education, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-01-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agency-records deliberative-process-privilege disclosure exemption-5 freedom-of-information-act good-faith-presumption reasonable-person-standard segregable-portions |
1. Whether publicly-known, purely factual content selected, organized, and recited in an agency's records can be fully withheld from disclosure under … |
| 20-599 |
Hirsh Singh v. Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2020-11-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-law due-process elections-clause executive-order freedom-of-information-act mail-in-voting standing state-powers |
Does the New Jersey Governor's Executive Order taking over the powers of the state legislature to make election related laws and the primary election … |
| 20-570 |
Daniel Cvijanovich v. United States Secret Service |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law civil-rights criminal-prosecution foia-exemptions freedom-of-information-act judicial-review law-enforcement-exemption law-enforcement-monitoring secret-service-records standard-of-review |
1. Does FOIA exemption (b)(7)(A) apply to the Secret Service's monitoring of an individual, absent the existence of any actual enforcement proceeding … |
| 20-241 |
Jack Jordan v. Department of Labor |
District of Columbia |
2020-08-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action attorney-client-privilege circuit-court-review foia freedom-of-information-act judicial-review rule-60 summary-judgment |
To oppose release under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") of two emails, an agency asserted FOIA Exemption 4 based on the attorney-client privil… |
| 20-141 |
Howard Bloomgarden v. National Archives and Records Administration |
District of Columbia |
2020-08-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-decision exemption-6 freedom-of-information-act government-criticism government-employment personal-privacy public-disclosure |
Where an Assistant United States Attorney was terminated for misconduct and has continued to cite his former government service in public letters crit… |
| 20-29 |
Sara Discepolo v. Department of Justice |
District of Columbia |
2020-07-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-deference civil-procedure de-novo-review discovery-rights foia-review freedom-of-information-act judicial-presumption national-security presumption-of-good-faith summary-judgment |
In all Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA ") cases,
the federal courts apply a deferential "presumption of good
faith " to agency declarations and fo… |
| 19-1273 |
Assassination Archives and Research Center v. Central Intelligence Agency |
District of Columbia |
2020-05-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law cia-search cia-search-activities deliberative-process-privilege due-process epa-v-mink foia-exemption foia-exemption-5 foia-request freedom-of-information-act kennedy-assassination public-importance summary-judgment tax-analysts |
1. Whether CIA can assert a deliberative process privilege under Exemption 5 of the FOIA for its search activities in responding to a FOIA request?
2… |
| 19-547 |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. v. Sierra Club, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-28 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (6)Relisted (2) |
agency-action agency-discretion deliberative-process-privilege document-disclosure draft-documents endangered-species-act freedom-of-information-act interagency-consultation |
Whether Exemption 5 of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(5) (2012), by incorporating the deliberative process privilege, protects agains… |
| 19-517 |
Daniel Barbosa, et al. v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-transparency civil-procedure discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception express-statement-requirement foia foia-publication-requirements freedom-of-information-act judicial-review mandatory-publication secret-law stafford-act statutory-interpretation |
The question presented is whether section 5148 bars review of claims that FEMA uses secret law in violation of FOIA's mandatory requirements. |
| 19-73 |
Michael W. Gahagan v. Citizenship & Immigration Services |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-15 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
attorney-fees circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fee-award fee-award-interpretation fee-award-laws fogerty-v-fantasy foia-litigation freedom-of-information-act legal-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation textual-analysis |
1. Does the Fifth Circuit's rule that all federal fee-award laws must be read identically (i.e., absent express textual differences) contravene this C… |
| 18-9651 |
Carlos Arturo Patino-Restrepo v. Department of Justice, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law agency-discretion civil-procedure due-process foia freedom-of-information-act government-transparency judicial-review mandatory-regulation summary-judgment |
1. Does a district court abuse its discretion in granting an agency summary judgment in a FOIA proceeding where the agency has failed to comply with a… |
| 18-1371 |
Jefferson Morley v. Central Intelligence Agency |
District of Columbia |
2019-05-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law attorney-fees circuit-court-conflict civil-rights due-process foia-attorney-fees freedom-of-information-act judicial-precedent legal-uniformity mandate-rule national-uniformity precedent |
1. Should Morley v. CIA, 894 F.3d 389 (D.C. Cir. 2018) ("Morley XI") be reversed because it is in direct conflict with Dept. of Justice v. Tax Analyst… |
| 18-7980 |
Joseph Michael Ladeairous v. Department of Justice |
District of Columbia |
2019-02-14 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process foia-request foreign-intelligence-surveillance foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act freedom-of-information freedom-of-information-act national-security standing summary-judgment surveillance terrorist-designation |
The petitioner confronted respondent by way of the United States Freedom Of Information Act and its subsequent civil action, for information relating … |
| 18-795 |
William J. Bush v. Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-records chevron-deference circuit-split de-novo-review due-process foia-request freedom-of-information freedom-of-information-act freedom-of-information-act-foia |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's standard for agency records pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. §552 et seq., that an agency must… |
| 18-439 |
Peter Janangelo v. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure federal-agency federal-agency-discretion foia-exemptions foia-request freedom-of-information-act glomar-response in-camera-review information-disclosure judicial-discretion national-security vaughn-index |
1. If Glomar Responses are permitted should they be limited to instances involving national security, public safety, or public health?
2. Under what … |