Stevens v. U.S. Dep’t of State (7th Cir.) -- affirming district court’s decision that the agency performed adequate search for records concerning foreign campuses of American universities and that it properly withheld records pursuant to Exemptions 1, 3, and 5 (deliberative process privilege).
Matthews v. FBI (D.D.C.) -- following government’s multiple motions for summary judgment concerning plaintiff’s request for records about himself, deciding that: (1) FBI properly redacted identities of agency support personnel pursuant to Exemption 6; (2) agency did not provide sufficient information for court to determine that Exemptions 6 and 7(C) supported withholding of names and phone numbers of certain employees, as well as victim impact statements associated with plaintiff’s criminal prosecution; and (3) FBI justified its withholding of information about an informant under Exemption 7(D).
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