Case: 1:18-cv-02900-RBW As of: 01/24/2019 05:09 AM EST 1 of 2 TYPE I−FOIA U.S. District Court District of Columbia (Washington, DC) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:18−cv−02900−RBW COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE v. UNITED Date Filed: 12/11/2018 STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Jury Demand: None Assigned to: Judge Reggie B. Walton Nature of Suit: 895 Freedom of Cause: 05:552 Freedom of Information Act Information Act Jurisdiction: U.S. Government Defendant Plaintiff COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE represented by Charles Devin Watkins INSTITUTE COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE 1310 L Street NW 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005 (202) 331−2278 Fax: (202) 331−0640 Email: [email protected] ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED V. Defendant UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF represented by Peter C. Pfaffenroth ENERGY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Civil Division 555 Fourth Street, NW Washington, DC 20530 (202) 252−2513 Fax: (202) 252−2599 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Date Filed # Docket Text 12/11/2018 1 COMPLAINT against DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0090−5833163) filed by COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons Attorney General, # 3 Summons District Attorney, # 4 Summons Department of Energy)(Watkins, Charles) (Entered: 12/11/2018) 12/12/2018 Case Assigned to Judge Reggie B. Walton. (zsb) (Entered: 12/12/2018) 12/12/2018 2 SUMMONS (3) Issued Electronically as to UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachment: # 1 Notice and Consent)(zsb) (Entered: 12/12/2018) 12/21/2018 3 RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to the United States Attorney. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney on 12/17/2018. ( Answer due for ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS by 1/16/2019.), RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY served on 12/17/2018, RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed on United States Attorney General. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney General 12/17/2018. (Watkins, Charles) (Entered: 12/21/2018) 01/16/2019 4 Unopposed MOTION to Stay , Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to All Deadlines by UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (Attachments: # 1 Case: 1:18-cv-02900-RBW As of: 01/24/2019 05:09 AM EST 2 of 2 Text of Proposed Order)(Pfaffenroth, Peter) (Entered: 01/16/2019) 01/18/2019 MINUTE ORDER. Upon consideration of the 4 Unopposed Motion to Stay Proceedings and for Extension of Time in Light of Lapse in Appropriations, and for good cause shown, it is hereby ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. The motion is GRANTED to the extent that the government seeks to vacate the impending deadlines in this case. The motion is DENIED in all other respects. It is further ORDERED that the impending deadlines in this case are VACATED pending further Order of the Court. It is further ORDERED that, on or before January 28, 2019, the parties shall file a joint status report regarding how this case shall proceed. Signed by Judge Reggie B. Walton on January 18, 2019. (lcrbw3) (Entered: 01/18/2019) 01/18/2019 Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 1/28/2019 (hs) (Entered: 01/18/2019) 01/23/2019 MINUTE ORDER. In light of the continued lapse in appropriations, it is hereby ORDERED that the previously imposed deadline for filing a joint status report on or before January 28, 2019, is VACATED. It is further ORDERED that, on or before fourteen days after appropriations have been restored, the parties shall file a joint status report proposing new deadlines in this case. Signed by Judge Reggie B. Walton on January 23, 2019. (lcrbw3) (Entered: 01/23/2019)