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Court opinion issued Sept. 12, 2019

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Heartland All. for Human Needs & Human Rights v. ICE (D.D.C.) -- concluding that: (1) agency performed adequate search of field offices but not its program offices for records concerning detention beds and bond amounts for detainees; (2) agency did not justify its withholdings pursuant to Exemption 5 and failed to provide Vaughn Index for disputed bond-related records; and (3) OMB properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege.

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