Judge Grants Motion to End Briefing After Prechtel, FCC, GSA Resolve FOIA Claims
A judge vacated a briefing schedule after Jason Prechtel, the FCC and General Services Administration resolved the journalist's remaining records-release claims in a lawsuit over agency handling of Freedom of Information Act requests for electronic comment submission details. U.S. District…
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Court in Washington Judge Christopher Cooper granted a joint motion (in Pacer) that said additional briefing on the issue is no longer needed, and all that remained was Prechtel's claim for attorneys' fees and costs, said a notice Wednesday in docket 1:17-cv-01835 (in Pacer). Cooper ordered the parties, as they proposed, to file a joint status report by March 27 updating the court on negotiations to resolve the final claim.