Evans v. BOP (D.C. Cir.) -- affirming district court’s decision that plaintiff did not reasonably describe his request for records pertaining to a screwdriver used in a prison attack against him, and reversing and remanding district court’s decision that agency properly withheld security camera footage in full pursuant to Exemptions 7(C) and 7(E).
White Coat Waste Proj. v. U.S. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs (D.D.C.) -- finding that: (1) agency improperly relied on Exemptions 5 and 6 to withhold names of principal investigators who conducted animal research at agency facilities; and (2) agency properly withheld the title of a research protocol pursuant to Exemption 3 in conjunction with 15 U.S.C. § 3710a, which protects confidential information within cooperative research and development agreements.
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