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Court opinions issued Mar. 31, 2023

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Deep Sea Fishermen's Union of the Pac. v. U.S. Dep't of Commerce (W.D. Wash.) -- in most relevant part, finding that agency demonstrated the adequacy of its search for records located on personal devices and agency cell phones by searching agency’s email accounts to which employees were required to send them by existing policy.

Am. Civil Liberties Union v. DHS (D.D.C.) -- determining that plaintiff was not required to submit a separate request to the agency’s Office of Inspector General concerning COVID measures in immigration facilities (including complaints and grievances), but rather that agency’s Privacy Office should have forwarded plaintiff’s request to OIG based on nature of the request or, at the very least, after clear leads developed during agency’s search that OIG likely maintained responsive records.

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