Court Decisions
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Life Extension Found. v. IRS, No. 12-280, 2013 WL 171086 (D.D.C. Jan. 16, 2013) (Leon, J.)
Re: Request for records from an examination file related to a recent audit of plaintiff
Disposition: Granting IRS's motion for summary judgment
- Exemption 3: The court finds that the IRS properly withheld documents under Exemption 3 pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 6103(a). This provision states "that tax '[r]eturns and return information shall be confidential,' and 'no officer or employee of the...
Surgick v. Cirella, No. 12-3475, 2013WL 142704 (3d Cir. Jan. 14, 2013) (per curiam)
Re: Request for records concerning a third party's estate and investment interests as well as the tax records of a private business
Disposition: Affirming district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of IRS
- Adequacy of Search: The court concludes that "[b]ased on the record in this case, the Service established that it complied with its duty to conduct an adequate search of its...
Morley v. CIA, No. 03-2545 (RJL), 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4636 (D.D.C. Jan. 11, 2013)
Re: Records pertaining to a deceased CIA officer
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss as moot
- Mootness: The CIA previously withheld certain pieces of information under Exemptions 1, 2, and 3. After the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Milner v. Department of Navy, "our Circuit remanded the matter back to this Court so that the CIA could file a supplemental declaration...
Thyer v. DOJ, No. 12-0606 (RLW), 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4400 (D.D.C. Jan. 11, 2013) (Wilkins J.)
Re: Request for records pertaining to plaintiff
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss
- Motion to Dismiss: The court grants the defendant's motion to dismiss "on the ground that plaintiff's FOIA claim is barred under the terms of her plea agreement." Plaintiff fully understood the terms of the agreement and the rights she waived and represents that she entered the agreement...
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...
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...