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Court opinions issued Mar. 9, 2023

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Stevens v. Broad. Bd. of Governors (N.D. Ill.) -- on renewed summary judgment, concluding that: (1) U.S. Agency for Global Media performed adequate search for contract records and properly withheld certain records pursuant to Exemption 4; (2) HHS adequately explained it search process and properly withheld employee names and titles under Exemption 6; (3) USCIS performed reasonable search and properly relied on Exemption 4 to withhold contractor’s pricing information; and (4) USAID cured its search deficiency with supplemental search; and (5) ICE adequately justified its withholdings under Exemption 5’s deliberative process, attorney work-product, and attorney-client privileges.

Williams v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- determining that DEA properly withheld various records concerning plaintiff’s criminal case pursuant to Exemptions 7(E) and 7(F), that plaintiff was not entitled to special access to records under FOIA to attack his criminal conviction, and that plaintiff was not entitled to appointment of counsel.

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