No. 25A393

Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, Inc. v. Department of Justice, et al.

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2025-10-06
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: administrative-secrecy agency-action foia glomar-response public-scrutiny records-search
Key Terms:
Environmental Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does FOIA allow agencies to assert Glomar responses to a FOIA request? Second, if FOIA allows Glomar responses, must agencies actually search for responsive records before issuing such a response, to determine whether some or all records can be released in segregated or redacted form?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an agency can issue a 'Glomar response' to a FOIA request without conducting any search for potentially releasable records

Docket Entries

2025-10-07
Application (25A393) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 15, 2025.
2025-10-02
Application (25A393) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 16, 2025 to December 15, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, Inc.
Gene Clayton SchaerrSchaerr | Jaffe, Petitioner
United States Department of Justice, et al.
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent