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Court opinions issued Mar. 14, 2022

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Sabra v. U.S. Customs & Border Prot. (D.D.C.) -- deciding that agency did not carry its burden to show that it adequately searched for records concerning plaintiff, because it failed to invoke magic words that all locations likely to contain responsive records were searched.

Pejouhesh v. USPS (D.D.C) -- ruling on renewed summary judgment that: (1) agency failed to justify using Exemption 7(C) to withhold arrest warrant affidavit, because the criminal docket for plaintiff’s prosecution appeared to contain same document in unreacted form; (2) upon ex parte, in camera review, agency properly withheld an operation plan pursuant to Exemption 7(E); and (3) no evidence exists that agency failed to include any documents in its Vaughn Index.

Jackson v. DHS (D. Idaho) -- dismissing pro se prisoner’s complaint in light of the “fanciful nature of the allegations underlying his FOIA requests,” which sought “government records related to transforming inmates into zombie slaves.”

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