Dec. 16, 2025
Heritage Found. v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- denying plaintiffs’ motion for attorney’s fees pertaining to its request for expedited treatment of its request for records related to FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in 2022; finding that DOJ had already decided to expedite processing before plaintiffs filed suit, so their litigation did not substantially cause the agency to act.
Dec. 15, 2025
African Immigrant Rights Council v. USCIS (D. Md.) -- denying without prejudice plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees and costs, concluding that although plaintiff was both eligible and entitled to an award, it failed to show the reasonableness of the amounts sought.
Risenhoover v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- ruling that: (1) CIA’s and DOD’s searches were adequate, rejecting challenges to their scope, and granted summary judgment to the State Department after finding no evidence it received a FOIA request; (2) CIA properly issued a Glomar response under Exemptions 1 and 3 to a request seeking records of an alleged classified CIA affiliation with certain groups, and DOD properly withheld government directives and communications related to Taiwan based on Exemption 5’s presidential communications privilege; and (3) pro se plaintiff was ineligible for attorney’s fees.
Summaries of all published opinions issued in 2025 are available here. Earlier opinions are available for 2024 and from 2015 to 2023.