Newspaper’s FOIA Suit Over Officers’ Mug Shots Denied Certiorari

Mealey's (May 22, 2017, 1:46 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its May 22 order list, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a newspaper’s petition for certiorari over privacy rights connected to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for booking photos, letting stand a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that found an FOIA exemption protecting certain “embarrassing” facts from disclosure (Detroit Free Press Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice, No. 16-706, U.S. Sup., 2017 U.S. LEXIS 3246)....