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Court opinions issued Mar. 19, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Butt v. U.S. Dep’t of State (D.D.C.) -- finding that plaintiff was not entitled to waiver of duplication fees because his request for records from the FBI about his criminal prosecution would not serve public interest.

Katchadourian v. DOD (D.D.C.) -- concluding that: (1) Defense Intelligence Agency properly interpreted scope of plaintiff’s request for records concerning task force that conducted damage assessment from Wikileaks, and that it also performed adequate search; (2) DIA properly determined that all records withheld pursuant to Exemption 1 were classified, but that it failed to demonstrate that it performed adequate segregability analysis; (3) DIA properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 3 in conjunction with 10 U.S.C. § 424 and 50 U.S.C. § 3024; (4) DIA failed to show that records withheld pursuant to Exemption 5 were predecisional or deliberative; and (5) DIA was entitled to summary judgment regarding its use of Exemption 7(C) because plaintiff did not challenge it.

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