Jones v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- on renewed summary judgment in case concerning pro se plaintiff’s prosecution records, ruling that: (1) DOJ cured its deficient search by following an “obvious lead” to discover additional records; (2) DOJ properly relied on the attorney work-product privilege to withhold interview notes, prosecution memoranda, draft or unfiled pleadings, and case file notes; and (3) DOJ properly invoked the deliberative process privileges to withhold a prosecution memorandum used internally to help decide whether to charge plaintiff.
Power the Future v. Dep’t of the Interior (D.D.C.) -- concluding that the agency performed a reasonable search for text messages after crediting the agency’s explanation that the messages were unrecoverable due to the loss and damage of the employee’s phones and that all plausible means to retrieve the messages were attempted.
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