Legal Opinion
Gellman v. Department of Homeland Security
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 22, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2016-0635Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BARTON GELLMAN, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 16-cv-635 (CRC) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Journalist Barton Gellman challenges the withholding of documents responsive to his Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests to numerous federal agency components for all records that mention his name. In a prior ruling, this Court found that some of the withholdings were not supported by adequate explanations. After producing some previously withheld records to Mr. Gellman, the agency defendants filed…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Defenders of Wildlife v. United States Border PatrolDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2009
- American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Department of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
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