Human Rights Def. Ctr. v. DOJ (W.D. Wash.) -- concluding that: (1) DEA conducted an adequate search for records related to claims filed against the agency; (2) DEA properly withheld names of claimants pursuant to Exemption 6,; (3) DEA improperly relied on Exemption 6 to withhold names of DEA tortfeasors and various other claim-related information; (3) DEA failed to show that requested claim records were compiled for law enforcement purposes under Exemption 7(C); (4) DEA neglected to submit sufficient information to court concerning withheld court-sealed records; (5) DEA neglected to produce all meaningful, reasonably segregable, non-exempt portions of certain responsive records; and (6) DEA’s untimely, 18-month response was not “egregious.”
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