Court Decisions
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Assadi v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Servs., No. 12 Civ 1374(RLE), 2013 WL 230126 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 22, 2013) (Ellis, Mag. J.)
Re: Request for records relating to communications between defendant and certain American embassies, and relating to plaintiff or plaintiff's law firm
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for partial summary judgment
- Exemption 5/Deliberative Process Privilege: The court determines that the deliberative process privilege was correctly applied to protect the Summary of Findings (SOF)...
Lakin v. DOJ, No. 11-594, 2013 WL 210878 (D.D.C. Jan. 20, 2013) (Sullivan J.)
Re: Request for records pertaining to plaintiff
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment on exhaustion grounds
- Exhaustion: The court finds that plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies when his appeal was received ten days after the sixty-day deadline. The court rejects plaintiff's contention that the "prisoner's mailbox rule' renders his appeal timely...
Delorme v. EOUSA, No. 12-0535, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7672 (D.D.C. Jan. 18, 2013) (Huvelle, J.)
Re: First party request for records on self and criminal case; EOUSA filed supplemental declaration as directed by court because plaintiff claimed that he did not receive two discs
Disposition: Granting EOUSA's motion for summary judgment
- Adequacy of Search: The court notes that EOUSA's declarant "'confirmed with the FBI that the discs were included in EOUSA's referral of documents to the FBI...
Roman v. CIA, No. 11-CV-5944, 2013 WL 210224 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 18, 2013) (Bianco, J.)
Re: Request for various records on the "Arch of the Covenant," Remote Viewers Program, Stargate Collection, a named third party's experiences with the Arch of the Covenant or with angels or persons dressed in white, and other "reports of angels and persons dressed in white."
Disposition: Granting CIA's motion for summary judgment
- Jurisdiction: The court opines "that a failure to exhaust an...
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...