Withey v. FBI W.D. Wash.) -- denying attorney’s fees to attorney plaintiff who pursued records in order to further his personal interests and awarding only $21,015 of$69,680 requested for other attorneys’ fees because plaintiff obtained no post-complaint relief.
Ferrera v. DHS (D.N.M.) -- determining that Exemption 6 applied to a letter that plaintiff’s ex-wife sent to USCIS withdrawing her previous immigration petition, but that agency could segregate and release information from the letter that agency had described, i.e., date, author, and withdrawal of petition.
Humane Soc’y of the U.S. v. USDA (D.D.C.) -- ruling that Farm Service Agency improperly relied on Exemptions 3, 4, and 6 to withhold loan recipient names, addresses, and operation types; the intended use of loans; and documents FSA created during its environmental review of loans.
Summaries of all published opinions issued since April 2015 are available here.