Labow v. DOJ, No. 14-5220 (D.C. Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, identified as an anarchist extremist by an FBI agent, filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552 et seq., with the FBI, seeking information about himself. The FBI released some records but withheld others, citing various grounds. The district court upheld the FBI's withholdings and redactions in full and granted summary judgment to the agency. The court affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the government on the claims under Exemption 7(D) and under the exclusion set forth in 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(1); reversed the grant of summary judgment on both challenges to withholdings under Exemption 3 and remanded for further proceedings; and vacated the district court’s opinion with regard to Exemption 7(A).
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