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Court opinions issued Sept. 7 & Sept. 8, 2017

Sept. 8, 2017

Jackson v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- ruling that Criminal Division conducted adequate search for wiretap records pertaining to plaintiff's criminal case and that agency properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 3 (oddly citing Privacy Act, which is not an Exemption 3 statute, instead of Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act).

Burke v. DHS (D.D.C.) -- finding that U.S. Secret Service performed reasonable search for certain records pertaining to plaintiff's criminal case.

Sept. 7, 2017

McPhail v. FBI (W.D. Pa.) -- holding that FBI was precluded from using Glomar response concerning plaintiff's co-defendant because Securities and Exchange Commission had officially acknowledged existence of investigation and FBI's participation in that investigation.

Summaries of all opinions issued since April 2015 available here