Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2015
Closed Date: 2016
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On February 3, 2015, an advocacy organization for women in military service, Service Women’s Action Network, filed this lawsuit under Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) against the United States Department of Defense (“DOD”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The Act requires government organizations to conduct a reasonable search or to provide the records when requested by the public. The plaintiffs argued that DOD, however, did not comply to the plaintiffs’ request to gather information from the US Military Academies about the policies and practices that lead to women’s under-representation in the Academies in violation of FOIA. Represented by ACLU and ACLU of Connecticut, the plaintiffs asked for declaratory relief, and for the court to compel a reasonable search for records and timely production of records on the discrimination faced by women who aspire to be military officers due to the defendants' admissions policies.
On June 23 and July 23, 2015, the defendant filed two status reports to report on the actions taken by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Naval Academy in response to the plaintiffs’ FOIA requests. These Academies has completed reasonable searches designed to find all information in its possession responsive to the plaintiffs’ request, with some exceptions.
On June 17, 2016, the parties filed a stipulation of dismissal informing the court that this case had been settled between the parties and agreed to a stipulated dismissal with prejudice. The case is now closed.
Summary Authors
Soojin Cha (4/14/2016)
Sichun Liu (5/25/2019)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4199471/parties/service-womens-action-network-v-defense/
Abdo, Alex (Connecticut)
Abdo, Alexander Abraham (Connecticut)
Amezquita, Hope Renee (Connecticut)
Amiri, Brigitte (Connecticut)
Arterburn, Jennifer (Connecticut)
Abdo, Alexander Abraham (Connecticut)
Amezquita, Hope Renee (Connecticut)
Arterburn, Jennifer (Connecticut)
Avery, Vanessa Roberts (Connecticut)
Balin, Robert D. (Connecticut)
Bamberger, Michael A. (Connecticut)
Bannon, Alicia Lorraine (Connecticut)
Barcelo, Amy Ann (Connecticut)
Barnea, Jean-David (Connecticut)
Batsides, Demetrios Christos (Connecticut)
Bennett, Michelle Renee (Connecticut)
Bentley, Elizabeth G. (Connecticut)
Berns, Matthew J. (Connecticut)
Bloch-Wehba, Hannah (Connecticut)
Block, Joshua Abraham (Connecticut)
Borson, Joseph Evan (Connecticut)
Bowie, Courtney A (Connecticut)
Bricker, Matthew J. (Connecticut)
Brock, Chad Michael (Connecticut)
Byars, Michael James (Connecticut)
Cagle, Matthew Thomas (Connecticut)
Carmichael, Andrew E. (Connecticut)
Castelli, Thomas H. (Connecticut)
Chaiten, Lorie A. (Connecticut)
Choudhury, Nusrat Jahan (Connecticut)
Clark, Melanca Durham (Connecticut)
Clopper, John Dalton (Connecticut)
Colangelo-Bryan, Joshua Nicholas (Connecticut)
Coll-Very, Alexis Susan (Connecticut)
Condon, Jennifer Brooke (Connecticut)
Connolly, Christopher Kendrick (Connecticut)
Cook, Jennifer J. (Connecticut)
Crump, Catherine Newby (Connecticut)
cv, Kimberly Anne (Connecticut)
cv, Kristi Culver (Connecticut)
Dalven, Jennifer (Connecticut)
Daughtry, Emily Ewell (Connecticut)
Davis, Kathryn Celia (Connecticut)
Diakun, Anna Natalia (Connecticut)
Dunn, Christopher T (Connecticut)
Eisenberg, Arthur Nelson (Connecticut)
Elicker, Natalie Nicole (Connecticut)
Farel, Lily Sara (Connecticut)
Feldman, Brian Marc (Connecticut)
Felix, Wesley D. (Connecticut)
Folio, Joseph C. (Connecticut)
Fornos, Carolina A. (Connecticut)
Freeny, Kyle Renee (Connecticut)
Friday, Kimberly (Connecticut)
Galler, Jonathan (Connecticut)
Goddard, Darcy M. (Connecticut)
Goodman, Melissa (Connecticut)
Gorski, Ashley Marie (Connecticut)
Haddad, Richard Inad (Connecticut)
Hafetz, Jonathan L. (Connecticut)
Hall, Rahsaan D. (Connecticut)
Handeyside, Hugh (Connecticut)
Hauss, Brian Matthew (Connecticut)
Hearn, Marcellene Elizabeth (Connecticut)
Henderson, Brady R (Connecticut)
Hofmann, Marcia Clare (Connecticut)
Horvath, Jennifer (Connecticut)
Huerta, Alvaro M. (Connecticut)
Ikari, Carolyn Aiko (Connecticut)
Jaffe, William Benjamin (Connecticut)
Johnson, Timothy Andrew (Connecticut)
Jones, David Stuart (Connecticut)
Josephson, Matthew Allan (Connecticut)
Karp, Meredith D. (Connecticut)
Kaufman, Brett Max (Connecticut)
Keaney, Melissa S. (Connecticut)
Kennedy, Thomas E. (Connecticut)
Kolbi-Molinas, Alexa Rebecca (Connecticut)
Korobkin, Daniel (Connecticut)
Lambert, Marissa Paige (Connecticut)
Lewis, Megan Elizabeth (Connecticut)
London, Ronald Gary (Connecticut)
Lustberg, Lawrence S. (Connecticut)
Mach, Daniel Irwin (Connecticut)
Manes, Jonathan Matthew (Connecticut)
Mann, Linton Mann (Connecticut)
Mantoan, Kathryn Grzenczyk (Connecticut)
Marshall, Randall C. (Connecticut)
Mass, Julia Harumi (Connecticut)
Mathews, Patrick Casey (Connecticut)
McCord, Larry R. (Connecticut)
McShain, Heather Kirsten (Connecticut)
Mehta, Leslie Chambers (Connecticut)
Melling, Louise F. (Connecticut)
Merriweather-Tucker, Brooke A. (Connecticut)
Morgan, Brian K. (Connecticut)
Morte, Tara Marie (Connecticut)
Moskowitz, David (Connecticut)
Munoz, Ana Isabel (Connecticut)
Navarro, Heather B. (Connecticut)
Nelson, David Christopher (Connecticut)
Nestler, Emily B. (District of Columbia)
Newell, Jennifer Chang (Connecticut)
Normand, Sarah Sheive (Connecticut)
Oestericher, Jeffrey Stuart (Connecticut)
Opsahl, Kurt Bradford (Connecticut)
Parker, Dennis D. (Connecticut)
Pellegrino, Louis Anthony (Connecticut)
Philpott, Romney S. (Connecticut)
PHV, Elliot Tarloff (Connecticut)
PHV, Lindsay Harrison (Connecticut)
Plane, Margaret D. (Connecticut)
Price, Matthew E. (Connecticut)
Rabinovitz, Judy (Connecticut)
Ravicher, Daniel (Connecticut)
Realmuto, Trina A. (Connecticut)
Rocah, David Robert (Connecticut)
Ross, Michael W. (Connecticut)
Rossman, Jessie J. (Connecticut)
Rossman, Stuart T. (Connecticut)
Rothert, Anthony E. (Connecticut)
Ruzicka, Eric Andrew (Connecticut)
Schulz, David A. (Connecticut)
Schwartz, James J. (Connecticut)
Schwartztol, Laurence Michael (Connecticut)
Shapiro, Elizabeth J (Connecticut)
Shelledy, David Taylor (Connecticut)
Silverstein, Mark (Connecticut)
Simmons, Abraham A. (Connecticut)
Sims, Charles S. (Connecticut)
Skinner, Peter M. (Connecticut)
Soloveichik, Layaliza K. (Connecticut)
Soneji, Sabita J. (Connecticut)
Spurlock, Matthew Douglas (Connecticut)
Steinberg, Michael J. (Connecticut)
Storey, Ruth Ann (Connecticut)
Sun, Christine Patricia (Connecticut)
Sweren-Becker, Eliza (Connecticut)
Tinio, Rebecca Sol (Connecticut)
Toomey, Patrick Christopher (Connecticut)
Torrance, Benjamin H. (Connecticut)
Tulis, Elizabeth (Connecticut)
Tully, L. Danielle (Connecticut)
Tumlin, Karen C. (Connecticut)
Union, American Civil (Connecticut)
Vargas, Jeannette Anne (Connecticut)
Watson, Elizabeth K (Connecticut)
Weaver, Heather Lynn (Connecticut)
Weinbeck, Michael P (Connecticut)
Wessler, Nathan Freed (Connecticut)
Weyher, Zachary J. (Connecticut)
White, Edward Hanson (Connecticut)
Youngs, Stuart Andrew (Connecticut)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4199471/service-womens-action-network-v-defense/
Last updated Feb. 5, 2025, 11:06 p.m.
State / Territory: Connecticut
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Key Dates
Filing Date: Feb. 3, 2015
Closing Date: 2016
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Service Women’s Action Network, ACLU, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Connect.
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Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
U.S. Department of Defense, Federal
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Case Details
Causes of Action:
FOIA (Freedom of Information Act), 5 U.S.C. § 552
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Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
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Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
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Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
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