Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 45 Filed 04/12/21 Page 1 of 2

Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 45 Filed 04/12/21 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, -v- FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Plaintiff, Defendant. 20 Civ. 833 (PAE) ORDER PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: On Friday, April 9, 2021, the Court held argument in this Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") case, which concerns the circumstances surrounding the 2019 suicide of Jeffrey Epstein. As of argument, defendant the Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") has justified the withholding in full of most of the relevant, unproduced documents in this case under FOIA Exemption 7(A). That exemption authorizes the Government to withhold documents that both (1) were compiled for law enforcement purposes; and (2) if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to interfere with law enforcement proceedings. 5 U.S.C. § 552(bX7)(A); see N.Y. Tunes Co. v. U.S. Dep't of Just, 390 F. Supp. 3d 499, 512 (S.D.N.Y. 2019). In support of its withholding un