KOWAL v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al, No. 1:2018cv02798 - Document 29 (D.D.C. 2020)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER granting in part and denying in part Defendants' 19 Motion for Summary Judgment and Plaintiff's 21 Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. See Order for details. Signed by Judge Timothy J. Kelly on 9/24/20. (lctjk2)

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Dockets.Justia.com UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Plaintiff et al. Defendants MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER KOWAL v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al Doc. 29 Background Id. Id. Id. Id. Kowal v. DOJ Kowal I A. FBI Id. see Id. see Id. Id. see also See see also id. Id. Id. See See Id. Id. Kowal I see also Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Vaughn See See id. See Vaughn See B. ATF see Compare with See See, e.g. Id. Id. Id. Vaughn see see Legal Standard Lopez v. Council on Am.-Islamic Relations Action Network, Inc. Judicial Watch, Inc. v. FBI U.S. Dep’t of State v. Ray Students Against Genocide v. Dep’t of State Am. Civil Liberties Union v. U.S. Dep’t of Def. Vaughn v. Rosen Analysis A. Adequacy of the Agencies’ Searches Truitt v. Dep’t of State see DiBacco v. U.S. Army Oglesby v. U.S. Dep’t of the Army SafeCard Servs., Inc. v. SEC Iturralde v. Comptroller of Currency Oglesby Id. Canning v. U.S. Dep’t of State Physicians for Human Rights v. U.S. Dep’t of Def. Valencia-Lucena v. U.S. Coast Guard SafeCard Servs., Inc. Physicians for Human Rights v. U.S. Dep’t of Def. 1. FBI id. Negley v. FBI Shapiro v. DOJ prosecution See Oglesby Campbell v. DOJ Campbell Truitt See, e.g. Mobley v. CIA see also Tracy v. DOJ see also Canning 2. ATF see Oglesby See Whitmore v. DOJ See Ahanmisi v. U.S. Dep’t of Labor See see Davidson v. United States Davidson Id. See Nolen v. DOJ Canning v. DOJ Canning Canning Id. entirety see Oglesby See Greenberg v. Dep’t of Treasury Id. original See see also she ATF See id. Valencia-Lucena Carter, Fullerton & Hayes, LLC v. FTC Iturralde see Concepcion v. FBI Baker & Hostetler LLP v. U.S. Dep’t of Commerce Valencia-Lucena v. U.S. Coast Guard Id. Id. B. Sufficiency of Vaughn Indices Vaughn See King v. DOJ Vaughn See Judicial Watch, Inc. v. FDA Vaughn Vaughn Vaughn Keys v. DOJ Vaughn Lykins v. DOJ Mead Data Central, Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of Air Force Founding Church of Scientology of Wash., D.C., Inc. v. Bell Vaughn Vaughn Vaughn 1. FBI Vaughn Id. Vaughn Fischer v. DOJ Blanton v. DOJ Vaughn See, e.g. Judicial Watch See Vaughn Vaughn See Vaughn See Vaughn Vaughn See Vaughn Judicial Watch Vaughn 2. ATF Vaughn Vaughn Vaughn See Judicial Watch Vaughn See See See Id. see Mays v. DEA Judicial Id. See id. Watch Id. See Vaughn see See Vaughn See Lykins C. The ATF’s Withholdings U.S. Dep’t of State v. Wash. Post Co. Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. v. DOJ See see Akin, Gump, DOJ v. Reps. Comm. for Freedom of the Press U.S. Dep’t of Def. v FLRA Roth v. DOJ SafeCard Servs. Id. Id. Id. SafeCard Servs. Bast v. DOJ id. id. Id. Davis v. DOJ Afshar v. Dep’t of State specific id. Afshar Cottone v. Reno Students Against Genocide Cottone see Davis See Bartko v. DOJ Black v. DOJ Sellers v. DOJ see also Lardner v. DOJ See Davis D. Segregability of the ATF’s Withheld Documents Hodge v. FBI Sussman v. U.S. Marshals Serv. Am. Immigr. Council v. DHS Id. Vaughn See SafeCard Servs. Johnson v. Exec. Off. for U.S. Att’ys Conclusion and Order ORDERED GRANTED DENIED DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE SO ORDERED. ORDERED

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