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· 3/4/2008

Juarez v. Department of Justice

Citations

  • 518 F.3d 54
  • 380 U.S. App. D.C. 178
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 4547
  • 2008 WL 564643

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that, ‘‘so long as the investigation continues to gather evidence for a possible future criminal case, and that case would be jeopardized by the premature release of that evidence, [the exemption] applies’’
  • noting that district court “acts within its ‘broad discretion’ by declining to conduct such [in camera] review”
  • holding government’s declaration, which explained the way in which exempt information and nonexempt information were intertwined, was entitled to presumption of good faith
  • holding government's declaration, which explained the way in which exempt information and nonexempt information were intertwined, was entitled to presumption of good faith
  • noting that a court “may rely on government affidavits that show with reasonable specificity why documents withheld pursuant to a valid exemption cannot be further segregated”
  • noting that a court “may rely on government affidavits that show with reasonable specificity why documents withheld pursuant to a valid exemption cannot be further segregated”

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Judges: Sentelle, Griffith, Kavanaugh

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