Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, the newest judge on the federal bench in DC has *denied* Democracy Forward’s urgent FOIA request for documents related to mass federal layoffs. But not before expressing her view on the attacks on federal employees. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show... - ThreadSky

kyledcheney.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, the newest judge on the federal bench in DC has *denied* Democracy Forward’s urgent FOIA request for documents related to mass federal layoffs. But not before expressing her view on the attacks on federal employees.

https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv0858-20

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17762025.bsky.social•4 days ago

Plaintiff's next move

A Sparkle Motion

carolleslis1950.bsky.social•4 days ago

That makes me sense.

wendyrogovin.bsky.social•4 days ago

Sparkle is a serious judge.

stillngb.bsky.social•4 days ago

Filing under “kindest rejections”.

youtackything.bsky.social•4 days ago

Before anyone jumps down her throat, she is ruling against the expediting, not the request itself.

zencaster.bsky.social•4 days ago

Another Easter egg in the public record of

manofthebook.bsky.social•4 days ago

U.S. government taxes citizens and uses the money to build a surveillance state. Citizens of America, you are paying for your own enslavement

manofthebook.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm sober. They betrayed the trust of every citizen. They have terrorized my community attempted to murder me. They are traitors who abuse authoritarian powers . They are not civil servants. You can make fun but im proof of government over reach. Spygate 2 Im Not gang. Or lib

manofthebook.bsky.social•4 days ago

I am the victim of a rogue operation who have tried coercion to label me a threat in my community.I can't work because they followed and tried to get them to say their scared .They tried wrecking me and my home is currently bugged along with my car I'm not in a gang .

hebelkins.bsky.social•4 days ago

I want all bad news to be delivered to me by Judge Sparkle.

dentedoildrum.bsky.social•4 days ago

Who gives a shit about her opinion if her ruling is what matters?

spartacussin.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yeah I was gonna say, she thinks it's an absolute travesty to rule how she rules and then...she rules how she rules

mkddebbie.bsky.social•4 days ago

Bummer

flyingtsunami.bsky.social•4 days ago

What a fucking asshole she is

ecppdx.bsky.social•3 days ago

How nice that a privileged judge gets to decide how much time things should take. None of this affects her any. Judges seem to like our justice system to move real slow.

ecppdx.bsky.social•3 days ago

You'll never convince me that FOIA requests like this shouldn't be filled as quickly as possible, especially when the alternative is the entity whose records were requested stonewalling for months, if not years.