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Court opinions issued Jan. 19, 2024

Court Opinions (2024)Allan BlutsteinComment

Bonner v. FBI (S.D.N.Y.) -- (1) denying plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration of court’s decision upholding FBI’s Exemption 3 claims regarding records related to Abu Zubaydah’s detention; (2) CIA properly invoked Exemption 3 in conjunction with the National Security Act to protect information, in whole or in part, within 711 redactions made by the FBI pursuant to Exemptions 6 and 7(C); and (3) FBI properly relied on Exemptions 6, 7(C), and 7(E) to withhold certain information not claimed by the CIA to fall under Exemption 3.

Hernandez, Jr. v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- granting summary judgment to government after finding that Executive Office for United States Attorneys performed adequate search, plaintiff received all materials responsive to his request (notwithstanding initial miscounting of pages), and plaintiff did not challenge EOUSA’s redactions.

Summaries of all published opinions issued in 2024 are available here. Earlier opinions are available here.