FOIA Advisor

Court opinion issued Oct. 7, 2025

Court Opinions (2025)Allan BlutsteinComment

Dahlstrom v. DHS (D.D.C.) -- granting summary judgment to government after finding that USCIS performed a reasonable search for records about the “T visa” program; rejecting plaintiffs’ arguments that the agency’s search was deficient due to a narrow interpretation of the request, failing to search certain databases, and not using search terms and/or keywords preferred by plaintiffs.

Summaries of all published opinions issued in 2025 are available here. Earlier opinions are available for 2024 and from 2015 to 2023.