in february 2011, taitz filed, "in propria persona", a freedom of information act suit against the social security administration, alleging the agency improperly refused to disclose to her information about obama's social security number. after taitz repeatedly failed to follow the court rule regarding the redaction of social security numbers in court filings, chief judge lamberth wrote that taitz "is either toying with the court or displaying her own stupidity… there is no logical explanation she can provide as to why she is now wasting the court’s time, as well as the staff’s time, with these improper redactions." on august 30, 2011, the court granted summary judgment in favor of the government, writing "as her numerous filings with the court demonstrate, plaintiff will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of this alleged conspiracy. unfortunately for plaintiff, today is not her lucky day."