| 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 |
Whether a federal court can compel the FBI to disclose investigative records related to potential copyright infringement and attorney misconduct invol… |
| 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 |
Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly dismissed a FOIA request based on mootness and standing when the Navy failed to provide all responsive records |
| 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 sua sponte dismiss actions for want of subject matter jurisdiction despite Congress' intent to allow enforcement of es… |
| 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 |
Must an agency specify which non-exempt records are responsive to a request? |
| 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 |
Whether this appeal is frivolous |
| 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 |
Whether the FDIC's denial of FOIA coverage for theft, robbery or embezzlement of the Byline Bank violates the separation of powers doctrine |
| 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 |
Whether documents obtained and used by a federal agency in the legitimate conduct of its official duties are not 'agency records' and thus never subje… |
| 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 |
Whether the records provided to the petitioner through the FOIA process sufficiently complied with the FOIA's disclosure requirements and whether thos… |
| 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 |
Whether the Seven Circus eXia Riding, Phe ony perseas' FOIA disclosure obstructions 'greatly Comfounded' under 5 USC 552(a)(4)(B) could be justified b… |
| 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 |
when-can-government-agencies-withhold-foia-documents |
| 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 |
Can a US District Court Judge determine that an excised document released under FOIA consists only of a blank sheet and page number falls under a FOIA… |
| 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 a Trial Court may not exercise its powers against a candidate for office to stifle free-speech |
| 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 |
When a person requests records from a federal agency under the FOIA, may the agency redact the requester's own name? |
| 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 |
Does the single publication rule deprive citizens of their statutory right to timely Privacy Act relief? |
| 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 federal judges are free to flout and violate FOIA, federal rules, the Constitution, and Supreme Court precedent in FOIA adjudications |
| 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 |
Whether a requester is entitled to compel a district court to enjoin an agency from withholding records and order production of improperly withheld re… |
| 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 |
Whether FOIA's Exemption 5 includes an unwritten 'consultant corollary' |
| 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 erred by adopting the consultant corollary and holding that 'intra-agency memorandums or letters' in FOIA's Exemption 5 enco… |
| 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 |
Can a US District Court Judge determine that an excised Document released under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, consisting only of a b… |
| 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 |
Whether publicly-known, purely factual content selected, organized, and recited in an agency's records can be fully withheld from disclosure under the… |
| 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 |
Does FOIA-exemption-(b)(7)(A)-apply-to-monitoring-of-individual |
| 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 |
Whether district court and circuit court review of agency action under FOIA must comport with the APA |
| 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 |
Whether Exemption 6 of the Freedom of Information Act requires disclosure of a former government employee's termination decision when the employee has… |
| 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 |
Are the courts violating the FOIA and its mandate to conduct de novo review by applying the presumption in cases which have nothing to do with nationa… |
| 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 |
Whether CIA can assert a deliberative process privilege under Exemption 5 of the FOIA for its search activities in responding to a FOIA request? |
| 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 protects against compelled disclosure a federal agency's draft documents prepared as part of a f… |
| 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 |
Whether the Stafford Act 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 |
Does the Fifth Circuit's rule that all federal fee-award laws must be read identically contravene this Court's decision in Fogerty v. Fantasy Inc.? |
| 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 |
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 ma… |
| 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 |
Whether conflicts within the D.C. Circuit and between the D.C. Circuit and other circuits created by Morley XI require reversal in order to maintain n… |
| 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 |
Whether petitioner had a right to confront respondent under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act |
| 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) conflicts with the D.C. Circuit's standard |
| 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 |
Whether the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration can invoke the 'Glomar Response' to deny a FOIA request, and under what circumstances th… |