Court Decisions
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Frankenberry v. FBI, No. 3:CV-08-1565, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3490 (M.D. Penn. Jan. 9, 2013) (Caputo, J.)
Re: Request for records pertaining to Plaintiff's previous criminal trial and criminal proceedings in state court
Disposition: Adopting in part and rejecting in part Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation; granting defendants' motion to summary judgment
- Exemption 7(C): The court rejects the Magistrate Judge's recommendation requiring supplemental disclosure of information withheld...
Andrews v. FBI, No. CV F 11-1659 LJO DLB, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2973 (E.D. Cal. Jan. 8, 2013) (O'Neill, J.)
Re: Request for all records pertaining to Requester, investigative records pertaining to third parties, and records of prison visits between third parties
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss
- Damages: "Section 552(a)(4)(B) authorizes a court 'to enjoin the agency from withholding agency records and to order the production of any agency records improperly withheld' but does not...
Lewis v. FAA, No. 3:11-CV-1458-AC, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2512 (D. Or. Jan. 7, 2013) (Acosta, Mag. J.)
Re: Requests for records pertaining to plaintiff's discharge from his position as an air traffic controller employed by FAA
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Exhaustion: "The court finds that [plaintiff] failed to exhaust his administrative remedies" for certain requests when his supplemental documents "do not evidence an appeal of the assessed charges."...
Hodge v. FBI, No. 11-5089, 2013 WL 45863 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 4, 2013) (Kavanaugh, J.)
Re: First party request for records concerning the investigation of the murders for which appellant was convicted
Disposition: Affirming the judgment of the district court in favor of the FBI
- Adequacy of Search: The court rejects appellant's complaints about the adequacy of the FBI's searches. The court notes that "because the sworn declarations from the FBI indicate that it conducted...
The New York Times Co. v. DOJ, No. 11 Civ. 9336, 2013 WL 50209 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 3, 2013) (McMahon, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning the legal analysis surrounding "targeted killing of persons deemed to have ties to terrorism"
Disposition: Granting defendants' motion for summary judgment except to the extent necessary to allow DOD to supplement its declaration concerning two memorandums withheld pursuant to the deliberative process privilege
- Adequacy of Search: After reviewing the...
Ahmed v. USCIS, No. 11-cv-6230, 2013 WL 27697 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 2, 2013) (Amon, Chief J.)
Re: First party request for plaintiff's alien file and all records concerning him
Disposition: Granting USCIS's motion for summary judgment
- Litigation Considerations: The court rejects plaintiff's argument that USCIS cannot invoke Exemption 7(E) the first time in its reply brief. The court comments that "[d]efendants raised this exemption prior to oral argument on this motion, and so" the...
Raher v. BOP, No. 09-cv-526-ST, 2013 WL 26205 (D. Or. Jan. 2, 2013) (Stewart, Magistrate J.)
Re: Motion for fee award for fees incurred in order to retain an expert; original request for records concerning "the solicitation, evaluation, and award of contracts by BOP to provide, maintain, and operate private detention facilities for foreign nationals serving criminal sentences imposed by the federal courts"
Disposition: Granting plaintiff's motion for interim fee award
- Attorney Fees:...
Klinger v. Corrections Corp. of Am., Inc., No. 4:11cv2299, 2013 WL 143535 (N.D. Ohio Jan. 11, 2012) (Pearson, J.)
Re: Request for all medical records maintained by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) pertaining to plaintiff's decedent
Disposition: Adopting Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation to grant BOP's motion to dismiss plaintiff's FOIA claim as moot
- Mootness: The court explains that the "magistrate judge found that…the United States provided evidence that the BOP has fully responded to the...
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...