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Case Name	The Protect Democracy Project v. U.S. Department of Energy	PR-DC-0001
Docket / Court	1:17-cv-00779 ( D.D.C. )
State/Territory	District of Columbia
Case Type(s)	Presidential Authority
Special Collection	Trump Administration FOIA cases
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Plaintiff Type

Non-profit NON-religious organization

Causes of Action

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552

Case Details


Defendant(s)	U.S. Department of Energy
Plaintiff Description	The Plaintiff is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization whose focus is on informing the public of operations and activities of the government by gathering and disseminating information likely to contribute significantly to the public understanding of executive branch operations and activities.
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief	None yet
Filing Year	2017
Case Ongoing	Yes

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Documents

Docket(s)

1:17-cv-779 (D.D.C.)
PR-DC-0001-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 10/27/2017
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] PR-DC-0001-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/27/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum Opinion and Order [ECF# 20] (D.D.C.) PR-DC-0001-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/17/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Kelly, Timothy James (D.D.C.) show/hide docs PR-DC-0001-0002 \| PR-DC-0001-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Berwick, Benjamin Leon (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PR-DC-0001-0001 \| PR-DC-0001-9000 Harrison, Lindsay C (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PR-DC-0001-0001 \| PR-DC-0001-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Roth, Dena Michal (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PR-DC-0001-9000