glomar-response
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A393 | Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, Inc. v. Department of Justice, et al. | District of Columbia | 2025-10-06 | Presumed Complete | administrative-secrecy agency-action foia glomar-response public-scrutiny records-search | Whether an agency can issue a 'Glomar response' to a FOIA request without conducting any search for potentially releasable records | |
| 24-520 | James G. Connell, III v. Central Intelligence Agency | District of Columbia | 2024-11-06 | Denied | agency-disclosure circuit-split evidence-standard foia glomar-response judicial-review | Whether a court may weigh all relevant evidence or only agency-acknowledged evidence when assessing the legality of a Glomar response under the Freedo… | |
| 21-7806 | Mike Webb v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Fourth Circuit | 2022-05-09 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | covid-19 executive-privilege glomar-response grand-jury mandamus marbury-vs-madison public-interest supreme-court-rules | Whether a writ of mandamus can compel the convening of a grand jury |
| 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 | Whether the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration can invoke the 'Glomar Response' to deny a FOIA request, and under what circumstances th… |