| 25-722 |
Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, Inc. v. Department of Justice, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-12-19 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-disclosure foia-exemptions government-transparency national-security records-search |
In response to requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding potential domestic surveillance abuse, the respondent agenci… |
| 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… |
| 23-7020 |
Donovan A. Reid v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-03-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process freedom-of-information government-transparency jurisdiction legal-provisions public-records writ-petition |
Whether federal agencies must allow their policies, manuals, and other internal guidance to be publicly available when employees of the federal agency… |
| 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? |
| 23-6625 |
Wayne Frazer v. Bakery & Drivers Local 550, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-01-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process freedom-of-information government-transparency jurisdiction legal-review procedural-rules public-records standing supreme-court writ |
Whether the summary plea descriptor that police mailed to the petitioner was false |
| 22-7865 |
Tiffany Recinos v. Mike Kreidler, et al. |
Washington |
2023-06-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights disclosure-requirements due-process government-accountability government-liability government-transparency official-immunity public-records public-records-exemption vicarious-liability |
Whether laws exist without documents when public disclosure is exempted |
| 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… |
| 22-5393 |
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 |
| 21-449 |
Bilal Abdul Kareem v. William J. Burns, Director, Central Intelligence Agency, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-09-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights d-c-circuit due-process government-media government-transparency judicial-notice online-publication standing sua-sponte technology |
Whether the D.C. Circuit's decision to dismiss the case based on disputed facts noticed sua sponte and without due process was improper |
| 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… |
| 19-7406 |
Bartholomew Antonio Guzman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction first-amendment freedom-of-information government-transparency habeas-corpus public-records standing state-court state-court-interpretation state-court-proceedings |
Whether the United States District Court erred in dismissing a pro se habeas corpus petition due to the lack of jurisdiction because the habeas per pe… |
| 19-6212 |
Melissa Edwards v. Attorney Grievance Commission |
Michigan |
2019-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts administrative-investigation attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-due-process disability-rights due-process equal-protection government-transparency judicial-review judicial-transparency standing state-court-procedure |
Is it unconstitutional for a state court to deny relief without explaining why relief was denied? |
| 19-6135 |
Kelvin Townsend v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process freedom-of-information government-transparency grand-jury indictment judicial-oversight sealed-records standing |
Is the government required to obtain a court order from the court to unseal a sealed criminal indictment? |
| 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… |
| 18-1277 |
William F. Sorin v. Department of Justice |
Second Circuit |
2019-04-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
' °° ae federal-sentencing-guidelines foia-exemptions foia-improvement-act-2016 government-transparency presidential-memorandum prosecutorial-discretion |
Whether the appropriateness of the government's reliance on FOIA exemptions must be determined in light of the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 and the Pr… |
| 18-8114 |
Anthony Boyd v. Joe D. Driver, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence government-transparency legal-standing material-fact standing summary-judgment transparency video-evidence |
Whether Lack Of Transparency Of Video Evidence By The Government, Standing Alone, Creates A Genuine Issue Of Material Fact In A Civil Action? |
| 18-226 |
Eric G. Zahnd v. Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Supreme Court of Missouri |
Missouri |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
attorney-discipline attorney-ethics criminal-case due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech government-transparency professional-conduct prosecutorial-speech public-record public-records |
Whether an attorney may be disciplined for telling the truth about information in the public record in a news release after a criminal case has been a… |