Anand v. HHS (D.D.C.) -- ruling that the Office of Inspector General properly refused to search for “all reports from Blue Cross Blue Shield corporation to OIG concerning improper prescribing of opiates by specific physicians,” because the search would take the entire FOIA staff more than 9 years to complete (or one full-time employee 28 years at a cost of at least $3.5 million), which was deemed unduly burdensome.
Anthony v. BOP (D.D.C.) -- determining that: (1) plaintiff’s claim was moot with respect to four pages that BOP released in full; (2) plaintiff was not required to administratively appeal BOP’s denial of his expedition request before filing suit; and (3) plaintiff also was not required to administratively appeal BOP’s final decision on the merits, which postdated plaintiff’s lawsuit.
Summaries of all published opinions issued since April 2015 are available here.