Powell v. Dep’t of the Treasury (D.D.C.) — granting the IRS’s dispositive motions; noting, at the outset, that it is unclear whether the IRS or the Treasury is the proper named defendant, but “reserv[ing] that question for another day,” since it would make “no practical difference” here; concluding, firstly, that the requester’s non-FOIA claims under the APA, Section 6103, and the Mandamus Act should be dismissed under Rule 12(b)(6); concluding further that the requester’s FOIA claims were not properly exhausted because he “did not perfect his FOIA requests” prior to filing suit by providing the IRS with the necessary proof of the “right to access the requested records,” which included “various tax documents associated with his family’s business entities”; rejecting the agency’s suggestion that an administrative appeal was required, given its regulations which suggest the closure of the requests was not, in fact, an adverse determination triggering the right to appeal.
Citizens For Responsibility & Ethics in Wash. v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice (D.D.C.) — granting in part and denying in part plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction, concluding that plaintiff was likely to succeed on the merits of its claims for expedited processing of records about DOJ’s voter data requests; finding that CREW qualified as “primarily engaged in disseminating information” and that its requests involved matters of exceptional public and media interest affecting confidence in government integrity; declining, however, to order CREW’s requested production rate, reasoning that doing so could disrupt DOJ’s handling of other requests and risk mishandling sensitive material.
Summaries of published opinions issued in 2026 are available here. Earlier opinions are available for 2025, 2024, and from 2015 to 2023.