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Court opinions issued Jan. 15, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Singh v. U.S. Dep’t of State (W.D. Was.) -- determining that agency performed adequate search for records concerning denial of visa for plaintiff’s wife, and that it properly withheld certain records pursuant to Exemption 3 in conjunction with the Immigration and Nationality Act of the United States.

Niskanen Ctr. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n (D.D.C.) -- concluding that names and addresses of private homeowners affected by pipeline were protected from disclosure under Exemption 6, and accepting government’s offer to release the initials of homeowners and the street addresses (but not house numbers).

James Madison Project v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- holding that: (1) CIA properly withheld records pertaining to John Kiriakou pursuant to Exemptions 1, 3, and 5 (attorney-client, attorney work product, and deliberative process); (2) FBI, EOUSA, and Nat’l Sec. Div. properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 1; (3) FBI properly withheld its entire investigative file concerning Mr. Kiriakou pursuant to Exemption 6 and 7(C).

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