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Court opinions issued Sept. 13-14, 2017

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Sept. 14, 2017

Sanchez-Alanis v. BOP (D.D.C.) -- finding that agency properly withheld certain records from plaintiff's inmate files pursuant to Exemptions 5, 6, 7(C), 7(E), and 7(F), and that agency's delayed releases of records did not preclude summary judgment. 

Sept. 13, 2017

Tuffly v. DHS (9th Cir.) -- affirming district court's decision that Exemption 7(C) protected disclosure of names of 149 non-citizens who were released in 2013 from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention pending final removal determinations.

Wadhwa v. Sec'y U.S. Dep't of Veterans Affairs (3rd Cir.) -- affirming district court's decision that: (1) agency properly withheld records pertaining to complaints of employment discrimination pursuant to Exemptions 5 and 6, and (2) agency properly refused to confirm or deny existence of disciplinary records of named agency employees.

Carter v. USDA (W.D. Ark.) -- determining that Food and Nutrition Service performed reasonable search for records concerning institutions disqualified from food program between 1995 and 2001.

Summaries of all opinions issued since April 2015 available here