Legal Opinion
American Civil Liberties Union v. Department of Defense
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 18, 2017No. 04 Civ. 4151 (AKH)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT TO PLAINTIFF
ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, U.S.D.J.:
Plaintiffs seek release under the Freedom of Information Act of a cache of photographs taken at the Abu Ghraib prison and other military detention facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan by U.S. Army personnel between 2003 and 2005, which depict individuals apprehended and detained abroad after September 11, 2001. The Government resists production. Both plaintiffs and the Government move for summary judgment, the eighth such motion in this case.
This Court has previously ordered these photographs, or similar…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Am. Civil Liberties Union v. U.S. Dep't of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2018
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