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Court opinions issued Jan. 26, 2021

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Ball v. USMS (D.D.C.) -- finding that: (1) U.S. Marshals Service, Treasury, and DHS performed adequate searches for records pertaining to plaintiff; and (2) USMS and DHS properly withheld records pursuant to Exemptions 3 (Federal Victim and Witness Protection Act), 6, 7(C), and 7(E).

Scott v. IRS (S.D. Fla.) -- deciding that: (1) IRS performed reasonable search for records pertaining to a private letter ruling; (2) agency properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege, except for a few redactions, and it met the foreseeable harm requirement.

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