Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 1 of 30

Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 1 of 30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK X THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff, -v- FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. 20 Civ. 833 (PAE) MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AUDREY STRAUSS Acting United States Attorney Southern District of New York 86 Chambers Street, Third Floor T - I . ../11".• EFTA00071554 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 2 of 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY STATEMENT BACKGROUND 2 I. Criminal Proceedings Against Jeffrey Epstein 2 II. Criminal Proceedings Against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas 2 III. Criminal Proceedings Against Nicholas Tartaglione 3 IV. The Times's FOIA Requests and This Action 3 ARGUMENT 4 I. FOIA and the Summary Judgment Standard 4 II. BOP Conducted an Adequate Search for Responsive Records 5 III. BOP's Withholdings Were Proper 6 IV. BOP Ha