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Court opinions issued Nov. 2, 2022

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Cato Inst. v. FBI (D.D.C.) -- finding that: (1) FBI performed adequate search concerning plaintiff notwithstanding agency’s decision not to search database identified by plaintiff; and (2) FBI properly relied on Exemption 7(C) to withhold names and identifying information of third parties of investigative interest.

Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility Proj. v. U.S. Customs & Border Prot. (E.D.N.Y.) -- after reviewing representative sample of disputed records in camera, ruling that agency’s declaration and Vaughn Index failed to adequately describe and justify withheld information concerning “Tactical Terrorism Response Teams,” and that agency failed to provide reasonably specific segregability analysis.

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