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Court opinions issued July 18-19, 2017

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

July 19, 2017

Smallwood v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- dismissing lawsuit because plaintiff did not submit the request and the requester (plaintiff's lawyer) failed to indicate that the request was made on behalf of a client generally or plaintiff specifically.  

July 18, 2017

Elec. Privacy Info. Ctr. v. DEA (D.D.C.) -- finding that plaintiff was eligible and entitled to attorney's fees, but excluding all time spent on unsuccessful summary judgment briefing, reducing excessive time spent by three attorneys on certain tasks, ordering plaintiff to recalculate hourly rate based on updated U.S. Attorney's Office matrix, and reducing requested fee-on-fee award by 67 percent.

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