Payne People v. United states, (207) however, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that when records are routinely withheld at the initial processing level, but consistently released after an administrative appeal, and when this situation results in continuing injury to the requester, a lawsuit challenging that practice is ripe for adjudication and is not subject to dismissal on the basis of mootness. (208) The defendant agency’s “voluntary cessation” of that practice in Payne did not moot the case when the plaintiff challenged the agency’s policy as an unlawful, continuing wrong. (209) Although Payne has been used as the springboard for suits by plaintiffs contending that individual agencies have engaged in a “pattern and practice” of ignoring their obligations under the FOIA, in most of these cases plaintiffs have not found a sympathetic reception to their complaints. (210)

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Dismissal from a great FOIA suit also can become compatible when the plaintiff doesn’t prosecute new match, (211) otherwise ideas is actually in public offered less than an alternative legal design on payment regarding fees, (212) or if the new says exhibited are not ready. (213) Dismissal is not always compatible whenever a beneficial plaintiff passes away, however; significantly less than some activities, good FOIA claim could be went on of the a properly substituted group. (214)

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