National Public Radio, Inc. v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC., et al., Case No. 18-cv-05772-DMR

Plaintiffs, ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTIONS v. FOR AN ORDER CLARIFYING FOIA

REQUEST AND FOR AN ORDER TO

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF SHOW CAUSE

VETERANS AFFAIRS,

Re: Dkt. Nos. 44, 50 Defendant. 12 Plaintiffs National Public Radio (“NPR”) and Eric Westervelt, an NPR reporter, brought this Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) action against the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”). Plaintiffs has filed two motions: (1) a motion for an order clarifying the scope of their FOIA request; and (2) a motion for an order to show cause regarding the VA’s failure to comply with the December 4, 2019 order directed to the VA’s initial production of documents. [Docket Nos. 44 (Mot. for Clarification), 50 (Mot. for OSC).] These matters are suitable for resolution without a hearing. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). I. BACKGROUND On March 28, 2018,…