Wessler v. United States Department of Justice et al
| Seth Freed Wessler |
| United States Department of Justice and United States Marshals Service |
| 1:2017cv00976 |
| February 10, 2017 |
| US District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| Foley Square Office |
| New York |
| Sidney H. Stein |
| Freedom of Information Act |
| 05 U.S.C. ยง 552 |
| None |
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OPINION: The decedents and their surviving family members indeed have privacy interests in the medical records that Wessler seeks. However, it is also true that the public has a strong interest in understanding the operations of its government. Tha t interest is particularly compelling when the information sought concerns the circumstances under which pretrial detainees individuals presumed to be innocent under the law died while in the custody of the Marshals. Balancing the privacy interests of the decedents and their families against the strong public interest in the records' disclosure, this Court finds that the production of the documents does not constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Accordingly, defendants' motion for partial summary judgment is denied and plaintiff's cross-motion for partial summary judgment is granted. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Sidney H. Stein on 4/10/2019) (kv)
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