Case Detail
Case Title | NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC. et al v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
District | District of Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City | Washington, DC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Case Number | 1:2020cv02468 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Filed | 2020-09-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Closed | Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Judge | Judge Royce C. Lamberth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plaintiff | NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plaintiff | TOM DREISBACH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Case Description | National Public Radio reporter Tom Dreisbach submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Homeland Security for records concerning inspection and investigative reports prepared by the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties pertaining to the examination of immigration detention facilities operated under the auspices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request. Although the agency had identified 1.076 responsive pages, it withheld them entirely under Exemption 5 (privileges) and Exemption 6 (invasion of privacy). NPR filed an administrative appeal of the denial. The agency told NPR that it was remanding the case back to CRCL to consider whether non-segregable information withheld under Exemption 5 could be disclosed. After the agency failed to respond to the remand after 30 days, the appellate authority told NPR that it could consider the action final and filed suit. NPR then filed suit. Complaint issues: Litigation - Attorney's fees, Segregability - Disclosure of all non-exempt records | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Defendant | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Documents | Docket Complaint Complaint attachment 1 Complaint attachment 2 Complaint attachment 3 Complaint attachment 4 Complaint attachment 5 Complaint attachment 6 Complaint attachment 7 Complaint attachment 8 Complaint attachment 9 Complaint attachment 10 Complaint attachment 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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