Court Decisions

Savage v. DOJ, No. 22-2477, 2024 WL 2880438 (D.D.C. June 7, 2024) (Boasberg, C.J.)

Re:  Request for FBI interview memoranda as well as reports from former Acting U.S. Attorney John Durham related to the criminal investigation into CIA’s rendition, detention, and interrogation program following 9/11

Disposition:  Granting defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment; denying plaintiffs’ motion...

Hum Rts. Def. Ctr. v. DOJ, No. 20-00674, 2024 WL 2882208 (W.D. Wash. June 7, 2024) (Chun, J.)

Re:  Request for records of claims against DEA that DEA resolved through payment of settlement or judgment

Disposition:  Granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment; denying plaintiff’s cross-motion for summary judgment; granting plaintiff’s motion for attorneys’ fees

• Exemption 6:  “After in...

Brown v. FBI, No. 23-5244, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 13858 (D.C. Cir. June 6, 2024) (per curiam)

Re:  Request for records concerning incident which occurred on December 2, 2015 at Inland Regional Center in San Bernadino, CA

Disposition:  Denying government’s motion for summary affirmance of district court’s grant of government’s motion for summary judgment

• Litigation Considerations:  The Court of...

Williams v. DOJ, No. 23-00401, 2024 WL 2864223 (D.D.C. June 6, 2024) (Reyes, J.)

Re:  Request for records concerning plaintiff’s criminal case

Disposition:  Granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment; denying plaintiff’s cross-motion for summary judgment

• Exemption 6; Exemption 7, Threshold; Exemption 7(C):  “[T]he Court finds that USMS has justified its Glomar response under Exemption 7...

Project for Priv. & Surveillance Accountability, Inc. v. DOJ, No. 21-2362, 2024 WL 2864191 (D.D.C. June 6, 2024) (Contreras, J.)

Re:  Request for any correspondence between members of Congress and a federal agency concerning the unmasking of Congressmen and Senators

Disposition:  Granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment; denying plaintiff’s cross-motion for summary judgment

• Exemption 3...

Stalcup v. DOD, No. 22-1405, 2024 WL 2871046 (1st Cir. June 4, 2024) (per curiam)

Re:  Requests for records concerning 1996 crash of TWA flight 800 and records concerning missile activity around time of crash

Disposition:  Rejecting requester’s challenges to orders denying sanctions and motion to compel; affirming district court’s grant of government’s motion for summary judgment; vacating final...

Biear v. U.S. DOJ Eric Holder, No. 14-1488, 2024 WL 2805127 (M.D. Pa. May 31, 2024) (Mariani, J.)

Re:  Requests for records concerning plaintiff

Disposition:  Denying plaintiff’s motion to reopen case

• Litigation Considerations:  The court holds that “[t]he record is clear that Plaintiff was provided with all documents required by Court Order as of April 4, 2024.”  “The Court has also...

Peter T.R. v. O’Malley, No. 19-04160, 2024 WL 2797047 (C.D. Ill. May 31, 2024) (Darrow, C.J.)

Re:  Request for records concerning overpayment to plaintiff from SSA

Disposition:  Granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment

• Litigation Considerations, Mootness and Other Grounds for Dismissal:  The court holds that “[t]he SSA has since given [plaintiff] the documents he requested, such that...

Cohodes v. DOJ, No. 20-04015, 2024 WL 2701618 (N.D. Cal. May 23, 2024) (Beeler, Mag. J.)

Re:  Request for records concerning plaintiff

Disposition:  Ordering disclosure of several items of information in records submitted for in camera inspection

• Exemption 6; Exemption 7(C):  The court concludes that “the government must produce the following information that it redacted:  (1) the name of [the...

Drew v. Murphy, No. 24-1116, 2024 WL 2286203 (7th Cir. May 21, 2024) (per curiam)

Re:  Request for records concerning grounds for requester’s enrollment in drug education course

Disposition:  Affirming district court’s dismissal of requester’s complaint at screening based on failure to state a claim

• Litigation Considerations, Pleadings:  The Cout of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit holds that “...