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Court opinions issued July 3, 2019

Davis v. FBI (D.D.C.) -- finding that: (1) FBI and Secret Service performed adequate searches for records concerning plaintiff; (2) FBI properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 3, in conjunction with the Bank Secrecy Act, and Exemptions 6, 7(C), 7(D), and 7(E); and (3) Secret Service properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 3, in conjunction with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e), and Exemptions 6 and 7(C).

Pichardo-Martinez v. USMS (D.D.C.) -- concluding that agency failed to demonstrate the adequacy of its search for records concerning plaintiff and failed to justify its application of Exemption 7(C) and 7(E).

Summaries of all published opinions issued since April 2015 are available here.