Leopold v. Office of Dir. of Nat’l Intelligence (D.D.C.) -- ruling that ODNI, CIA, and State properly relied on Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege to withhold records concerning Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election, including agency discussions about making public statements on same subject.
Vizcarra Calderon & Castenda Sanchez v. DHS (D.D.C.) -- holding that Department of State properly withheld records concerning plaintiffs’ visa denials pursuant to Exemption 3 in conjunction with section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Aguirre v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n (S.D. Cal.) -- finding that plaintiff filed lawsuit before expiration of agency’s 20-day response deadline and that plaintiff’s arguments as to why court should waive the requirements of exhaustion of administrative remedies were “borderline ridiculous.”
Summaries of all published opinions issued since April 2015 are available here.