Court Decisions
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Am. Mgmt. Servs., LLC v. Dep't of Army, 703 F.3d 724 (4th Cir. 2013)
Re: Request for records referring to pending litigation filed by Clark Reality Capital, LLC [hereinafter Company A] and records submitted to the Department of the Army (Army) by Company A
Disposition: Affirming district court's grant of summary judgment for Army
- Exemption 4: The Fourth Circuit finds that "public disclosure of [certain] documents would impair the government's ability to...
ACLU v. CIA, No. 11-5320, 2013 WL 1003688 (D.C. Cir. 2013) (Garland, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning "the use of unmanned aerial vehicles ("drones") to carry out targeted killings
Disposition: Reversing district court determination that CIA properly asserted a Glomar response and remanding for "filing of a Vaughn index or other description of the kinds of documents the Agency possesses"
- Glomar/Exemptions 1 and 3: The D.C. Circuit reverses the district court...
Toole v. Obama, No. 1:12CV-363-KS-MTP, 2013 WL 943458 (S.D. Miss. Mar, 11, 2013) (Starrett, J.)
Re: Plaintiff's attempt to bring various claims related to denial of benefits related to her deceased husband's military service
Disposition: Dismissing plaintiff's records-related allegations for failure to state a claim
- Proper Party Defendant: The court dismisses plaintiff's general allegations regarding "Open Public Records Act Law." The court construes this allegation as an allegation...
Cabrera v. DOJ, No. 13-40022, 2013 WL 3815973 (5th Cir. 2013) (per curiam)
Re: Appellant's request to proceed in forma pauperis in his appeal of the district court's dismissal of his FOIA complaint
Disposition: The Fifth Circuit dismisses plaintiff's appeal as frivolous
- In Pauperis Status: The Fifth Circuit holds that "28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2) required [appellant], as the prisoner seeking to bring a civil action without prepaying the fees, to file a copy of the [inmate...
ACLU of New Jersey v. FBI, 733 F.3d 526 (3rd Cir. 2013) (Smith, J.)
Re: Request for records related to the FBI's use of ethnic and racial data
Disposition: Affirming the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendant
- Exemption 7(A): The Third Circuit concludes that, "ample evidence supported the District Court's conclusion that [defendant] satisfied its burden under Exemption 7A," and, "[a]ccordingly, [the court] need not decide whether [defendant's]...
Turner v. U.S., 736 F.3d 274 (4th Cir. 2013) (Gibney, J.)
Re: Request for record concerning boating accident
Disposition: Affirming district court's grant of summary judgment to defendant
- Litigation Considerations, Adequacy of Search: The court finds that "[t]he district court appropriately granted summary judgment to [defendant] on this claim." The court rejects plaintiff's argument that "[defendant's] failure to retain voice tapes and emails...