Moeller v. EEOC (D.D.C.) -- deciding that: (1) agency failed to demonstrate that it performed reasonable search for certain records concerning employment advertisements, and (2) agency failed to adequately support its withholding claims under Exemption 5, 6, and 7(C), and failed to articulate “a specific foreseeable harm that is adequately connected to the underlying materials.”
Watkins Law & Advocacy v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- ruling on renewed summary judgment that: (1) DOJ adequately performed supplemental search for communications and agreements with the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding persons prohibited from purchasing firearms; (2) DOJ improperly withheld portions of two congressional reports as “non-responsive,” but rejecting plaintiff’s APA claim challenging validity of DOJ’s guidance on definition of a record; and (3) DOJ properly withheld memorandum pursuant to Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege.
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