FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued Feb. 5, 2018

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Mount v. Nielsen (D.D.C.) -- holding that DHS Office of Inspector General properly refused to confirm or deny, pursuant to Exemption 7(C), existence of records concerning allegation that Supervisory Special Agent "lost his official credentials to a prostitute and the credentials had to be retrieved by local police."

Judicial Watch v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- ruling that FBI properly refused to confirm or deny, pursuant to Exemptions 1, 3, and 6, existence of records pertaining to "Trump Dossier" and that President's tweet did not constitute public acknowledgment of existence of requested records.

Evans v. BOP (D.D.C.) -- finding that: (1) Federal Bureau of Prisons properly relied on Exemptions 7(C) and 7(E) to withhold video of prison altercation involving plaintiff, and (2) agency was not required to answer plaintiff's questions concerning screwdriver that might have been used in altercation.

N.Y. Times v. U.S. Secret Serv. (S.D.N.Y.) -- concluding that: (1) agency properly relied on Exemptions 7(E) and 7(F) to withhold certain records regarding air transportation costs during 2016 presidential campaign; (2) plaintiff was not entitled to attorney's fees  or other litigation costs because it failed to obtain any judicial relief. 

Summaries of all opinions issued since April 2015 available here.