Pomares v. U.S. Dep't of Veterans Affairs (S.D. Cal.) -- on reversal and remand from the Ninth Circuit, ruling that: (1) agency properly reprocessed email messages and released certain names that had been redacted under Exemption 6; (2) agency properly relied on Exemptions 6 and 7(C) to withhold names and personal information of third parties that appeared in Inspector General interview transcripts, which agency had previously withheld in full pursuant to Exemption 7(E); (3) agency failed to sufficiently demonstrate that it processed all exhibits referenced in the interview transcripts; and (4) court would not consider two new arguments raised for the first time in plaintiff’s reply brief, nor would it grant plaintiff’s discovery request.
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