No. 18-1277

William F. Sorin v. Department of Justice

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: ' °° ae federal-sentencing-guidelines foia-exemptions foia-improvement-act-2016 government-transparency presidential-memorandum prosecutorial-discretion
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-05-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the appropriateness of the government's reliance on FOIA exemptions must be determined in light of the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 and the Presidential Memorandum, which codified the intention to limit the use of exemptions to avoid embarrassment or disclosure of errors and failures by the government

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : ae _ °° ‘

Docket Entries

2019-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
2019-05-08
Waiver of right of respondent DOJ to respond filed.
2019-04-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 8, 2019)

Attorneys

DOJ
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
William F. Sorin
William F. Sorin — Petitioner