Hall v. U. S. Department of Justice

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DONALD and SHERYL HALL,
Plaintiffs,
v.
Civil Action 06-01540 (HHK)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE,
Defendant.
MEMORANDUM
Donald and Sheryl Hall bring this action against the United States Department of Justice
(“DOJ”) alleging that the DOJ failed to comply with the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”),
5 U.S.C. §§ 552 et seq, when it redacted large portions of the documents it released to plaintiffs
pursuant to their FOIA request. On February 24, 2009, the court granted in part and denied in
part the DOJ’s second motion for summary judgment, and ordered the DOJ to submit the pages
for which the court did not grant summary judgment, pages 70-72 and 100-130, for in camera
review [#36]. The DOJ submitted these pages to the court on March 16, 2009.
After reviewing the unredacted versions of pages 70-72 and 100-130, the court has
determined that the DOJ properly withheld the redacted portions of these pages pursuant to the
deliberative process exemption. Therefore, the court concludes that summary judgment should
be granted in favor of the DOJ.
An appropriate order accompanies this memorandum.
Henry H. Kennedy, Jr.
United States District Judge