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Chelmowski v. United States, No. 21-5208, 2022 WL 11337053 (D.C. Cir. Oct. 17, 2022) (per curiam)

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Chelmowski v. United States, No. 21-5208, 2022 WL 11337053 (D.C. Cir. Oct. 17, 2022) (per curiam)

Re:  Requests for a variety of records concerning plaintiff

Disposition:  Granting government’s motion for summary affirmance of district court’s grant of defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment

  • Fees and Fee Waivers, Fees; Litigation Considerations, Adequacy of Search; Exemption 5, Deliberative Process Privilege; Exemption 6:  The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit holds that “[t]he district court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of appellees on appellant's claims under the [FOIA] . . . because the fees [the government] charged were proper, [the government] provided sufficient evidence that [its] searches for responsive records were adequate, and [the government] appropriately justified [its] withholdings.”
Court Decision Topic(s)
Court of Appeals opinions
Exemption 5, Deliberative Process Privilege
Exemption 6
Fees and Fee Waivers
Litigation Considerations, Adequacy of Search
Updated November 28, 2022