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Court opinion issued Apr. 27, 2017

Sikes v. U.S. Dep't of the Navy (S.D. Ga.) -- ruling that: (1) agency was not required to certify authenticity of records previously released to plaintiff concerning Admiral Jeremy Michael Boorda; and (2) agency did not waive privacy exemption applicable to Admiral Boorda's suicide note by producing photograph that incidentally contains blurry, illegible depiction of suicide note.

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