Jan. 12, 2016
Bethea v. U.S. Dep't of Agric. (D.S.C.) (magistrate) -- recommending summary judgment in government's favor after finding that USDA had conducted a reasonable search and released in full all records that it located in response to pro se prisoner's request.
Pebble Ltd. v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency (D. Alaska) -- holding that the EPA properly invoked Exemption 5 to withhold draft assessments and internal emails relating to plaintiff's plans to extract minerals from the Pebble Mine deposit in Southwest Alaska.
Summaries of all opinions issued since April 2015 available here.