Va.-Pilot Media Cos. v. Dep't of Justice (E.D. Va.) -- awarding plaintiff $100,000 in attorneys' fees and costs, reducing the requested amount by $27,857.50 for excessive time spent on the fee petition, unreasonably hourly rates for certain support staff, and time spent on administrative proceedings.
McAtee v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec. (D. Mont.) -- deciding that the Executive Office of United States Attorneys properly withheld various grand jury information pursuant to Exemption 3.
Pinson v. U.S. Dep't of Justice (D.D.C.) -- concluding that the Bureau of Prisons properly relied upon Exemptions 7(E) and 7(F) to withheld in full records about third-party inmates even though they had signed release authorizations; further finding that BOP failed to adequately search for public comments to certain proposed agency regulations, but that it adequately searched for records responsive to plaintiff's remaining requests.
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