UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILLIAM B. BALL, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 19-1230 (JEB) UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Federal prisoner William B. Ball brought this pro se Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act suit in relation to requests he sent to several federal agencies seeking information about his criminal case. Three Defendants — the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Department of Treasury — remain after this Court’s previous dismissal of two others. These Defendants now move for summary judgment, contending that they adequately searched for records, relied on the appropriate exemptions, reasonably segregated information, and identified foreseeable harm. Although Plaintiff disagrees and cross- moves for summary judgment himself, the Court believes Defendants have the stronger position and grants their motion. 1 I. Background A. Factual Background Because the Court focuses on Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, it will construe the facts in the light most favorable to Plaintiff. See Talavera v. Shah, 638 F.3d 303, 308 (D.C. Cir. 2011). Ball is presently confined in the low-custody Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, Florida. See ECF No. 51-1 at 30 (Pl. SMF), ¶ 2. He was arrested in February 2018 in Florida for enticement and child-pornography charges. Id., ¶ 1. In December 2018, he submitted FOIA requests to DHS, USMS, Treasury’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, the Secret Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In those requests he sought the following records relating to himself that were listed under his name or other identifier: [A]ny and all records whatsoever . . . including but not limited to 1) arrest reports; 2) investigatory records, including hand-written notes and final drafts; 3) reports on evidentiary and/or scientific information, findings, and conclusions; 4) plea agreements of co- defendants; 5) charging documents; 6) classifications of the charged offenses; 7) video tapes and/or DVDs; 8) telephonic recordings; 9) computer discs and storage devices; 10) computerized notepad discs; 11) photographs; and 12) all other information, data and reports of any kind not listed above and exempt by law. ECF No. 52-3 (Def. Resp. to Pl. SMF), ¶ 6; see also ECF No. 30-4, Exh. 1 (FOIA Request) at 1. Shortly after this suit was filed in April 2019, Immigration and Customs Enforcement — the section of DHS relevant to this case — conducted a search and informed Plaintiff that it had identified 47 responsive pages from its Office of Homeland Security Investigations. See ECF No. 30-3 (Declaration of Toni Fuentes), ¶¶ 8, 14 & Exh. 3 (ICE FOIA Resp.); see also Def. Resp. to Pl. SMF, ¶ 7. These pages were produced with redactions made under FOIA Exemptions 3, 6, 7(C), and 7(E). See ICE FOIA Resp. at 1–2. ICE subsequently reconsidered 2 some of those redactions and released further records to Plaintiff. See Def. Resp. to Pl. SMF, ¶ 10. In April 2021, ICE conducted a supplemental search and produced 154 pages to Ball, 54 of which were redacted in …
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