Braun v. FBI, No. 16-40, 2017 WL 496059 (D. Mont. Feb. 7, 2017) (Morris, J.)

Braun v. FBI, No. 16-40, 2017 WL 496059 (D. Mont. Feb. 7, 2017) (Morris, J.)

Re: Request for records concerning plaintiff

Disposition: Adopting Magistrate Judge's report and recommendation; granting defendant's motion for summary judgment; denying plaintiff's motion for summary judgment

• Litigation Considerations: The court "find[s] no error in [the] Findings and Recommendations and adopt them in full." The court relates that "[t]he information and records withheld by the FBI consist of: (1) criminal investigation documents maintained in FBI's Central Record System . . .; (2) investigative financial records and reports compiled by the FBI under 31 U.S.C. § 5311; (3) names of FBI employees, local law enforcement officers, and individual third parties identified in the investigative records requested by [plaintiff]; and (4) documents describing the FBI's investigative techniques and guidelines." The court finds that "[s]uch information and documents are exempt from production under . . . exemptions 3, 6, 7(C), and 7(E) of FOIA."