| US State
Dept Is Sued Under FOIA About Unalienable
Rights Commission But Says Moot
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 17 – The U.S. State
Department has been sued under
the Freedom of Information Act
for records about its
"Commission on Unalienable
Rights." But there are now
concerns it is moot.
On December
17 U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge John G. Koeltl held a
proceeding. Inner City Press,
frequent user of FOIA, covered
it.
It was
argued that the documents are
needed in order for the public
to participate in the
Commission. But, Judge Koeltl
said, the Commission is over.
He set a briefing
schedule, on issues of
mootness: "the parties should
submit a letter by December 22
with a proposed schedule for
supplemental briefing on the
issue of mootness and a
proposed date for oral
argument."
The case is
Robert F. Kennedy Center For
Justice And Human Rights et al
v. Pompeo et al., 20-cv-2002
(Koeltl)
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