Scope: Federal
Branch: Judicial
Severity: Green
Date occurred: May 27, 2025
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision on May 27, 2025 in Sotir Libarov v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a suit brought under the Freedom of Information Act. The case concerned a requester's claim to records held by the federal immigration agency.
Constitutional basis: Routine appellate application of FOIA's statutory disclosure-and-exemption framework, a long-settled mechanism for judicial review of agency withholding.