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Court opinions issued Sept. 2, 2020

Am. Immigration Lawyers Ass'n v. DHS (D.D.C.) -- following multiple rounds of summary judgment briefing, finding that, with minor exceptions, U.S. Customs & Border Protection properly relied on Exemption 7(E) to withhold records concerning reference manuals used for inspection and admission process into the United States.

Jurdi v. U.S. (D.D.C.) -- ruling that:DEA properly relied on Exemptions 7(C) and 7(D) to categorically withhold records about third party who testified at plaintiff’s criminal trial, and that FBI properly relied on Exemption 7(C) in refusing to confirm or deny existence of similar records.

NAACP Legal Def. & Educ. Fund v. DOJ (S.D.N.Y) -- concluding that Office of Community Oriented Policing Service properly relied on Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege to withhold draft assessment of North Charleston, South Carolina Police Department.

Summaries of all published opinions issued since April 2015 are available here.