Woodward v. USMS (D.D.C.) -- deciding that: (1) U.S. Marshals Service did not adequately justify its reliance on Exemption 7(E) to withhold records regarding agency’s use of cellphone tracking technology during its investigation of plaintiff, and (2) court would review in camera all records withheld pursuant to Exemption 7(C) in light of plaintiff’s status as death row inmate.
Cause of Action Inst. v. U.S. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs (D.D.C.) -- ruling that agency properly relied on Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege to withhold assessments created by agency contractor in preparation for agency’s ”implementation of the congressionally mandated Market Area Health System Optimization . . . analysis, part of a broader national plan to improve the delivery of health care to veterans.”
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