foia-exemptions

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-1035 Nathaniel J. Buckley v. Department of Justice Second Circuit 2026-03-03 Pending Amici (1) agency-records exemption-7 foia-exemptions freedom-of-information-act law-enforcement-purposes statutory-interpretation Whether "records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes" encompasses all records or information compiled by a law enforcement agency, ev…
25-722 Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, Inc. v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia 2025-12-19 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-disclosure foia-exemptions government-transparency national-security records-search In response to requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding potential domestic surveillance abuse, the respondent agenci…
22-5770 Julian Okeayainneh v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia 2022-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure administrative-remedies attestation-requirement civil-action disclosure-requirements foia-exemptions freedom-of-information-act government-transparency judicial-review records-disclosure The Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., provides public access to information held by public authorities. The Act provides th…
21-305 Angela DeBose v. University of South Florida Board of Trustees Florida 2021-08-31 Denied agency-records constitutional-access exemptions fee-waiver foia foia-exemptions freedom-of-information privileges-and-immunities public-information public-records 1. Whether the agency records at issue in this case are exempt from disclosure under any of the nine exemptions under the FOIA. 2. Whether non-exempt…
20-570 Daniel Cvijanovich v. United States Secret Service Eighth Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights criminal-prosecution foia-exemptions freedom-of-information-act judicial-review law-enforcement-exemption law-enforcement-monitoring secret-service-records standard-of-review 1. Does FOIA exemption (b)(7)(A) apply to the Secret Service's monitoring of an individual, absent the existence of any actual enforcement proceeding …
18-1277 William F. Sorin v. Department of Justice Second Circuit 2019-04-08 Denied Response Waived ' °° ae federal-sentencing-guidelines foia-exemptions foia-improvement-act-2016 government-transparency presidential-memorandum prosecutorial-discretion Question not identified.
18-439 Peter Janangelo v. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Ninth Circuit 2018-10-05 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure federal-agency federal-agency-discretion foia-exemptions foia-request freedom-of-information-act glomar-response in-camera-review information-disclosure judicial-discretion national-security vaughn-index 1. If Glomar Responses are permitted should they be limited to instances involving national security, public safety, or public health? 2. Under what …
18-5250 Vincent Michael Marino v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia 2018-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-secrecy civil-rights document-disclosure due-process foia FOIA-access foia-exemptions foia-privacy-act Inadequate-search privacy-act Privacy-Act-amendment public-records Reimbursement-of-FOIA-fees search-fee statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation Ground One The District Court, Appeals Court for the Districtof Columbia Circuit committed reversible legal error, by improperly categorizing and misa…