· 9/30/2009
Oleskey Ex Rel. Boumediene v. United States Department of Defense
Citations
- 658 F. Supp. 2d 288
- 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91788
- 2009 WL 3149754
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Under FOIA, an agency must respond to an information request by completing a reasonable search of those places where responsive records are likely to be found.”
- “Sufficient details in government affidavits may include setting forth the search terms and the type of search performed, and averring that all files likely to contain responsive materials were searched.” (internal quotations and citation omitted)
- “In a summary judgment context, the burden rests with the agency subject to a FOIA request to establish that it has ‘made a good faith effort to conduct a search for the requested records, using methods which can be reasonably expected to produce the information requested.’”
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Judges: Mark T. Quinlivan
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