2nd Circuit Dismisses FirstNet FOIA Case After Deadline Is Missed
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed VTDigger’s appeal of its Freedom of Information Act case against FirstNet after the local news publication missed Friday’s briefing deadline (see 1811270024). In two orders Tuesday in case 18-2819, the court dismissed…
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the case then denied (in Pacer) as moot VTDigger’s Jan. 30 motion to extend the deadline. Filed two days before deadline, the motion got no opposition. “Any motion to reinstate the appeal must be accompanied by Appellants’ brief and appendix,” wrote court clerk Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe. The appellants plan to file such a motion with the brief, as instructed by the clerk, their attorney, Kelly McClanahan, told us.