FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued Sept. 1, 2022

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Munene v. Talebian (W.D. Wash.) -- denying award of attorneys’ fees and costs after concluding that plaintiffs failed to establish that lawsuit had “a substantial causative effect on EOIR's release of the requested documents.”

Buzzfeed Inc. v. DHS (D.D.C.) -- finding that ICE again failed to justify use of Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege to redact two documents pertaining to alien “Risk Classification Assessments,” and granting ICE’s renewed summary judgment motion regarding searches and withholdings not in dispute.

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