FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued Apr. 23, 2018

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Castleman v. DOJ (9th Cir.) (unpublished) -- affirming district court's decision regarding plaintiff's multiple requests concerning his criminal trial because plaintiff failed to raise genuine disputes of material fact regarding government's searches or withholdings under Exemption 7(C).

Prop. People v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- in case concerning Donald Trump's interactions with FBI before he became President, ruling that agency had "not yet justified its sweeping Glomar response for two categories of responsive records: (1) non-investigative records related to Donald Trump and (2) records that mention Trump 'in the context of his official capacity as chief executive of specific organizations'  Further, the court ruled that FBI "may at least issue a narrow Glomar response as to most law-enforcement records."

Jarvis v. SSA (D.D.C.) -- finding that: (1) plaintiff was required but failed to file an administrative appeal concerning his request for disability decisions based on race or immigration status; and (2) SSA sufficiently demonstrated that it does not maintain the requested records.  

Summaries of all opinions issued since April 2015 available here.