| In FOIA Case Against HUD
Judge Liman Urges Expedited Processing As Law
Firm Seeks Fee Waiver
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 6 – The Legal Aid
Society, represented by the
Winston & Strawn law firm,
has sued the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban
Development under FOIA in
March. On May 6 U.S. District
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Lewis J. Liman
held a conference on the case;
Inner City Press covered
it.
The FOIA
request concerns a HUD rule
limiting eligibility to
housing based on immigration
status of family members. The
requesters want to know who
worked on the rule. The also
want a fee waiver.
Judge Liman
didn't on May 6 push for
anything on the fee waiver,
but he did encourage HUD to
grant expedited treatment, or
to act expeditiously. Inner
City Press as a journalistic
FOIA practitioner sees
increasing foot dragging by
Federal agencies like the
Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency, see here.
So Judge Liman's approach is
needed. The case is Legal Aid
Society v. HUD, 20-cv-2283
(Liman).
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