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United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

No. 22-5175                                                    September Term, 2022
                                                               FILED ON: APRIL 5, 2023

PROPERTY OF THE PEOPLE, INC., ET AL.,
                   APPELLANTS

v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
                  APPELLEE

                           Appeal from the United States District Court
                                   for the District of Columbia
                                       (No. 1:17-cv-01193)

       Before: KATSAS and PAN, Circuit Judges, and SENTELLE, Senior Circuit Judge

                                        JUDGMENT

       This case was considered on the record from the United States District Court for the District
of Columbia and the briefs and arguments of the parties. The Court has accorded the issues full
consideration and has determined that they do not warrant a published opinion. See D.C. Cir. R.
36(d). For the reasons set forth below, it is

       ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the judgment of the district court be affirmed.

       Appellants challenge the district court’s careful determination that the FBI need not release
any additional documents pursuant to Appellants’ Freedom of Information Act requests because the
remaining information in those documents was not reasonably segregable. See 5 U.S.C. § 552(b).
We agree. The district court correctly applied the segregability principles set forth by this Circuit
in Mead Data Central and applied many times since. See Mead Data Cent., Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of Air
Force, 566 F.2d 242, 261 n.55 (D.C. Cir. 1977).
No. 22-5175                                                         September Term, 2022
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        Pursuant to Rule 36 of this Court, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk is
directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after the disposition of any
timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed R. App. P. 41(b); D.C. Cir.
R. 41.

                                                     Per Curiam

                                                             FOR THE COURT:
                                                             Mark J. Langer, Clerk

                                                     BY:     /s/
                                                             Daniel J. Reidy
                                                             Deputy Clerk