Ramdeo v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- concluding that Federal Bureau of Prisons performed adequate search for records concerning plaintiff’s incarceration and that it properly withheld records pursuant to Exemptions 5 (ACP), 6, 7(C), 7(E), and 7(F).
Brennan Ctr. for Justice v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- deciding that: (1) Civil Rights Division failed to adequately describe its search for requested records concerning State compliance with voter registration list laws; (2) agency properly withheld three categories of emails pursuant to Exemptions 5 or 7(A), but did not provide sufficient information about fourth category of records to permit court to determine whether withholdings under those same exemptions were proper.
Montgomery v. IRS (D.D.C.) -- ruling that IRS did not perform reasonable search for records concerning its correspondence with third parties about plaintiffs’ tax liabilities, but that it properly relied on Exemption 7(D) to refuse to confirm or deny existence of records pertaining to a confidential informant.
Elgabrowny v. CIA (D.D.C.) -- finding that Executive Office for United States Attorneys performed reasonable search for an exhibit originating from plaintiff’s criminal case and for the interview notes of Ramzi Yousef.
Hall v. Stoneman (D.D.C.) -- determining that DOJ properly relied on Exemption 7(C) to withhold name of victim from grand jury testimony and that agency’s disclosure of copies of documents instead of originals was “irrelevant.”
Summaries of all published opinions issued since April 2015 are available here.