Davis, Cowell & Bowe, LLP v. Social Security Administration

ORDER GRANTING PARTIES’ JOINT MOTION TO VACATE (Docket No. 37)

On September 3, 2003, Kristin L. Martin, representing Davis, Cowell & Bowe (hereinafter referred to as “Plaintiff’) and Alex G. Tse, representing the Social Security Administration (hereinafter referred to as “SSA”) appeared before this Court for a hearing on their joint motion to vacate this Court’s order granting summary judgment to defendant SSA. Having considered the parties’ joint brief filed in support of this motion and the arguments of counsel, the Court grants the parties’ joint motion.

I. BACKGROUND

In its amended complaint dated January 28, 2003, Plaintiff sought injunctive relief under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for the SSA’s failure to comply with Plaintiffs requests for records. First Am. Compl. 2, 3. Plaintiff sought records reflecting communications between the SSA and two employers, including inquiries made to the SSA by these employers about their employee’s social security numbers, the SSA’s response to these inquiries, and notices from the SSA to the employers that social security numbers on their wage reports do not match the corresponding employee’s name, date of birth, and/or sex.…