Release of Records in Litigation


 * This article is part of a series on Litigation

Processing Rates
Once in litigation, requesters and agencies will frequently negotiate (and courts will sometimes order) rates for the agency to process records if it has not already done so. Various court orders establishing processing rates are set forth below.
 * In Open Society Justice Initiative v. Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Defense, the Southern District of New York denied a motion to reconsider its order requiring the agencies to process records at a rate of 5,000 pages per month.
 * In Huddleson v. FBI, the Eastern District of Texas ordered the FBI to process approximately 20,000 pages in under three months.
 * In Finders Keepers USA LLC v. United States Department of Justice, Judge Mehta of the D.D.C. ordered the FBI to process the plaintiff's FOIA request at a rate of 1,000 pages per month.