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Court opinion issued Jan. 29, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Allen v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- concluding that Federal Bureau of Prisons: (1) properly refused to release plaintiff-inmate’s pre-sentence investigative report, but that she could review it and take notes; (2) properly withheld information from disciplinary reports pertaining to another inmate, Special Investigative Supervisors (SIS) Report, and from SIS Manual under Exemptions 6, 7(C), 7(E) and 7(F); (3) properly withheld Program Statement 1380.09 in full under Exemptions 7(E) and 7(F); and (4) properly withheld plaintiff’s Security Threat Group and Security Threat Profile from Counter Terrorism Unit memo under Exemption 7(E).

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