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Glomar Response to Prisoner’s FOIA Request Insufficient
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2009
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2009, page 30
On February 28, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary M. Collyer denied a summary judgment motion filed by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit challenging the BOP’s refusal to confirm or deny the existence of disciplinary records related to a former BOP employee.
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Civil Procedure,
Disclosure of Records,
Freedom of Information Act.
Location:
District of Columbia.
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