FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued July 9, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Hohner v. DOJ (9th Cir.) (unpublished) -- affirming district court’s decision that Immigration & Customs Enforcement properly withheld records that were subject to a 1998 sealing order issued by federal court.that later clarified that sealing order was intended to prohibit disclosure.

The New York Times v. CIA (2nd Cir.) -- affirming district court’s decision that that CIA properly relied on Exemptions 1 and 3 in refusing to confirm or deny existence of records of covert program of arming and training rebel forces in Syria, and that statements by President Trump and a U.S. Special Operations Commander did not undermine agency’s Glomar response.

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