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Court opinions issued June 30, 2021

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Schoenberg v. FBI (9th Cir.) -- in case concerning FBI’s search warrant to recover Hillary Clinton’s emails, affirming district court’s decision that plaintiff was not entitled to attorney’s fees because FBI’s redactions were legally reasonable and that factor outweighed all other factors.

Murder Accountability Proj. v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- ruling that: (1) plaintiff failed to administratively appeal FBI’s response to his request for certain unreported crime data; (2) National Park Service performed adequate and reasonable search for unreported crime data; (3) Bureau of Indian Affairs failed to explain why it did not search for records requested prior to 2014; (4) Army, Navy, and Air Force did not demonstrate the adequacy of their search, but they properly relied on Exemption 6 to redact third party names, social security numbers, and alien registration numbers.

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