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Court opinions issued Oct. 18, 2021

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Cole v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- dismissing plaintiff’s claim concerning his request for FBI records about the Junior Black Mafia because he failed to file an administrative appeal with DOJ’s Office of Information Policy.

Reporters Comm. for Freedom of the Press v. U.S Customs & Border Prot. (D.D.C.) -- in case concerning records of agency’s interaction with Twitter, finding that: (1) CBP properly withheld certain, but not all, records pursuant to Exemption 5’s deliberative process, attorney work-product, and attorney-client privileges, citing in some instances the lack of foreseeable harm; (2) CBP properly relied on Exemption 7(C) to withhold names of “non-public-facing” employees, except for two Special Agents whose names were in public domain; and (3) CBP properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 7(E).

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