Thursday, March 19, 2026

Federal District Court Swats Down Customs and Border Protection Excuse to Delay FOIA Briefing

The Underwood Files 

 

Insurance Executive Lauren Underwood (aka "the George Santos of Illinois") 
Campaigning for Congress (2018)

Sharing minute order of Northern District of Illinois Judge Matthew Kennelly, denying motion by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex Hartzler to delay Customs and Border Protection briefing: 

...As plaintiff points out in her response, the claimed lapse in appropriations, if there is one that actually impacts this matter, has existed since mid-February and should have been brought to the Court's attention earlier. Even if that were not the case, there is no appropriate basis in a case already more than five years old for further delays. The Court made this abundantly clear to the parties in its 2/19/2026 order (dkt. 208). CBP has two choices at this point: file a motion for summary judgment, by the 3/20/2026 deadline, based on what it is able to muster by that date, or forego doing so, and await plaintiff's anticipated motion for summary judgment, which is due on 4/3/2026, and respond to that motion. The Court also notes that if plainiff does not file a motion for summary judgment, or files one that is denied, CBP will have the ability to move for judgment as a matter of law under Rule 50(a) during the upcoming bench trial. (mk)
1:22-cv-05072 , Dkt 211

Here is the motion opposing CBP, filed by my attorney, Rima Kapitan.  
Thanks to attorneys Andrew Free and Dan Melo for their insights and to Nicolette Glazer for representing me in the litigation for Health and Human Services records in this case. 

(More on fake nurse Lauren Underwood here.)   

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