FOIA Advisor

Court opinion issued June 14, 2021

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Kovalevich v. Bureau of Indian Affairs (D.D.C.) -- ruling that: (1) agency performed reasonable search for records pertaining to plaintiff’s arrest and properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 7(C), issues that plaintiff conceded; (2) court lacked jurisdiction to consider plaintiff’s claims about agency’s fee practices, because agency released all records free of charge; (3) pro se plaintiff was not eligible for attorney’s fees and he failed to argue why he was eligible and entitled to recover his litigation costs.

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