Case: 1:18-cv-00667-JEB As of: 01/17/2019 05:02 AM EST 1 of 3 TYPE I−FOIA U.S. District Court District of Columbia (Washington, DC) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:18−cv−00667−JEB JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Date Filed: 03/23/2018 et al Jury Demand: None Assigned to: Judge James E. Boasberg Nature of Suit: 895 Freedom of Cause: 05:552 Freedom of Information Act Information Act Jurisdiction: U.S. Government Defendant Plaintiff JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. represented by Ramona Raula Cotca JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. 425 Third Street, SW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20024 (202) 646−5172 Fax: (202) 646−5199 Email: [email protected] ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED V. Defendant U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE represented by Marina Utgoff Braswell U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 555 Fourth Street, NW Washington, DC 20530 (202) 252−2561 Fax: (202) 252−2599 Email: [email protected] LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Defendant U.S. AGENCY FOR represented by Marina Utgoff Braswell INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Date Filed # Docket Text 03/23/2018 1 COMPLAINT against ALL DEFENDANTS ) ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0090−5386316) filed by JUDICIAL WATCH, INC.. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons for U.S. Attorney for DC, # 3 Summons for U.S. Attorney General, # 4 Summons for U.S. Department of State, # 5 Summons for U.S. Agency for International Development)(Cotca, Ramona) (Entered: 03/23/2018) 03/23/2018 2 LCvR 7.1 CERTIFICATE OF DISCLOSURE of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interests by JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. (Cotca, Ramona) (Entered: 03/23/2018) 03/23/2018 Case Assigned to Judge James E. Boasberg. (zmd) (Entered: 03/26/2018) 03/29/2018 3 SUMMONS (4) Issued Electronically as to U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General. (Attachments: # 1 Notice and Consent) (tth) (Entered: 03/29/2018) 04/03/2018 4 RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed as to the United States Attorney. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney on 4/2/2018. ( Answer due for ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS by 5/2/2018.), RETURN OF Case: 1:18-cv-00667-JEB As of: 01/17/2019 05:02 AM EST 2 of 3 SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed on United States Attorney General. Date of Service Upon United States Attorney General 04/03/18., RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of Summons and Complaint Executed. U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT served on 4/2/2018; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE served on 4/3/2018 (Attachments: # 1 Summons for U.S. Attorney for DC, # 2 Summons for U.S. Attorney General, # 3 Summons for U.S. Department of State, # 4 Summons for U.S. Agency for International Development)(Cotca, Ramona) (Entered: 04/03/2018) 04/20/2018 5 NOTICE of Appearance by Marina Utgoff Braswell on behalf of U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (Braswell, Marina) (Entered: 04/20/2018) 05/02/2018 6 ANSWER to Complaint by U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE.(Braswell, Marina) (Entered: 05/02/2018) 05/03/2018 MINUTE ORDER: The Court ORDERS that the parties shall meet, confer, and submit a joint proposed briefing schedule by May 17, 2018. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 5/3/2018. (lcjeb2) (Entered: 05/03/2018) 05/03/2018 Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Proposed Briefing Schedule due by 5/17/2018. (znbn) (Entered: 05/03/2018) 05/17/2018 7 Joint STATUS REPORT by JUDICIAL WATCH, INC.. (Cotca, Ramona) (Entered: 05/17/2018) 05/17/2018 MINUTE ORDER: Per the parties' 7 Joint Status Report, the Court ORDERS that: (1) On or before June 15, 2018, USAID will provide a draft search declaration to Plaintiff and the State Department will aim to complete its search; and (2) on or before June 18, 2018, the parties will confer and file a joint status report with a proposed production schedule. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 5/17/2018. (lcjeb2) (Entered: 05/17/2018) 05/17/2018 Set/Reset Deadlines: USAID will provide a draft search declaration to Plaintiff and the State Department will aim to complete its search due by 6/15/2018. Joint Status Report due by 6/18/2018. (znbn) (Entered: 05/17/2018) 06/18/2018 8 Joint STATUS REPORT by JUDICIAL WATCH, INC.. (Cotca, Ramona) (Entered: 06/18/2018) 06/19/2018 MINUTE ORDER: Per the parties' 8 Joint Status Report, the Court ORDERS that: (1) Defendants shall make an initial production of responsive records to Plaintiff by July 16, 2018, with monthly productions thereafter, if necessary; (2) Defendants shall conduct the supplemental search within two months, or once the technological issue has been resolved with searching the classified email system; and (3) The parties shall file a joint status report by July 26, 2018, notifying the Court on the progress of the search and production, and any other recommendations as appropriate. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 6/19/2018. (lcjeb2) (Entered: 06/19/2018) 06/19/2018 Set/Reset Deadlines: Defendants shall make an initial production of responsive records to Plaintiff by 7/16/2018. Joint Status Report due by 7/26/2018. (znbn) (Entered: 06/19/2018) 07/26/2018 9 Joint STATUS REPORT by JUDICIAL WATCH, INC.. (Cotca, Ramona) (Entered: 07/26/2018) 07/27/2018 MINUTE ORDER: Per the parties' 9 Joint Status Report, the Court ORDERS that the parties shall file a further joint status report on August 23, 2018 with an update to the Court on the ongoing document production by the Department, and any other recommendations for further proceedings as appropriate. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 7/27/2018. (lcjeb2) (Entered: 07/27/2018) 08/02/2018 Set/Reset Deadlines: Further Joint Status Report due by 8/23/2018 (lsj) (Entered: 08/02/2018) 08/23/2018 10 Joint STATUS REPORT by JUDICIAL WATCH, INC.. (Cotca, Ramona) (Entered: 08/23/2018) Case: 1:18-cv-00667-JEB As of: 01/17/2019 05:02 AM EST 3 of 3 08/23/2018 MINUTE ORDER: Per the parties' 10 Joint Status Report, the Court ORDERS that the parties shall file a further joint status report on October 24, 2018 with an update to the Court, and any other recommendations for further proceedings as appropriate. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 8/23/2018. (lcjeb1) (Entered: 08/23/2018) 08/23/2018 Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 10/24/2018. (znbn) (Entered: 08/24/2018) 10/23/2018 11 Joint STATUS REPORT by JUDICIAL WATCH, INC.. (Cotca, Ramona) (Entered: 10/23/2018) 10/23/2018 MINUTE ORDER: The Court ADOPTS the parties' 11 Joint Status Report and ORDERS that they shall file a further Joint Status Report by November 30, 2018. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 10/23/2018. (lcjeb2) (Entered: 10/23/2018) 10/23/2018 Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 11/30/2018. (znbn) (Entered: 10/23/2018) 11/30/2018 12 Joint STATUS REPORT by JUDICIAL WATCH, INC.. (Cotca, Ramona) (Entered: 11/30/2018) 11/30/2018 MINUTE ORDER: The Court ADOPTS the parties' 12 Joint Status Report and ORDERS that they shall file a further Joint Status Report by January 16, 2019. So ORDERED by Judge James E. Boasberg on 11/30/2018. (lcjeb2) (Entered: 11/30/2018) 11/30/2018 Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 1/16/2019. (znbn) (Entered: 11/30/2018) 01/16/2019 13 Unopposed MOTION to Stay (Defendants' Unopposed Motion to Stay Proceedings in Light of Lapse of Appropriations) by U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Braswell, Marina) (Entered: 01/16/2019)