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Court opinion issued July 21, 2023

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment


Harvard Immigration & Refugee Clinical Program v. DHS
(D. Mass. 2023) -- determine that: (1) government neglected to adequately search for records concerning ICE's use of solitary confinement in immigration detention centers; (2) government failed to show that certain redacted emails and memoranda were pre-decisional under Exemption 5 or that factual materials in expert reports were Inextricably Intertwined with policy making recommendations; and (3) government properly relied on Exemption 7(E) to withhold four types of records concerning detainees.

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