FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued Jan. 27, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Pichardo-Martinez v. U.S. Marshals Serv. (D.D.C.) -- on renewed summary judgment, finding that agency’s declaration failed to provide sufficient facts to allow court to determine that an adequate search had been conducted.

Am. Civil Liberties Union v. DOD (S.D.N.Y) -- ruling that Defense and/or State Departments properly relied on Exemptions 1 and 5 (deliberative process privilege) to withhold five of six categories of records pertaining to U.S. military raid in Yemen, but requiring in camera review of certain military orders to determine whether any information contained therein had already been officially acknowledged by the government.

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