No. 20-141

Howard Bloomgarden v. National Archives and Records Administration

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2020-08-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: administrative-law agency-decision exemption-6 freedom-of-information-act government-criticism government-employment personal-privacy public-disclosure
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Exemption 6 of the Freedom of Information Act requires disclosure of a former government employee's termination decision when the employee has publicly criticized the government in their personal capacity

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Where an Assistant United States Attorney was terminated for misconduct and has continued to cite his former government service in public letters critical of the current President and United State Attorney General, does Exemption 6 of Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6) require disclosure of the final agency termination decision withheld below because such disclosure is not “a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy”?

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-08
Waiver of right of respondent National Archives And Records Admnistration to respond filed.
2020-08-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 10, 2020)

Attorneys

Howard Bloomgarden
Torrence Evans Strause LewisLaw Offices of Torrence E. S. Lewis, Petitioner
Torrence Evans Strause LewisLaw Offices of Torrence E. S. Lewis, Petitioner
National Archives And Records Admnistration
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent