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Court opinion issued Feb. 3, 2026

Court Opinions (2026)Ryan MulveyComment

Crisman v. Dep’t of Justice (D.D.C.) — granting the government’s motion for summary judgment; holding, in relevant part, that the agencies’ searches for responsive records were reasonable and adequately supported, and that the requester’s inapt reliance on Glomar responses for other records did not amount to a meaningful challenge; rejecting also the requester’s argument that DOJ’s “policy of allowing an FBI official to classify a record after receiving a FOIA requestion violates the terms of Executive Order 12958,” given controlling precedent on sub-delegation in Mobley v. CIA, 806 F.3d 568 (D.C. Cir. 2015).

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