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482, the government need not "identify a specific decision" made by the agency to establish the predecisional nature of a particular record. NLRB v. Sears, Roebuck,421 U.S. 132, 151 n.18 (1975); accord Tigue v. U.S. Dep't ofJustice, 312 F.3d 70, 80 (2d Cir. 2002). Rather, so long as the document "was

dan, 668 F.3d at 1193-94 (noting that an alternative approach, a "rational nexus test" has been adopted by the Third, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits). In Human Rights Watch v. FBI, No. 13-CV-7360 (JPO), 2015 WL 5459713 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015), Judge Oetken concluded that Williams did not require the per se rule, did n

which governmental decisions and policies are formulated." Dep't of Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protective Ass'n, 532 U.S. I, 8 (2001) (quoting Sears, 421 U.S. at 150). But the records withheld are largely not akin to advisory opinions or policy recommendations and do not relate to any policymakin

nny Crim. Investigation Command, 742 F. Supp. 2d 68 (D.D.C. 2010) 9 Hopkins v. U.S. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev., 929 F.2d 81 (2d Cir. 1991) 19 Human Rights Watch v. Dep't ofJustice & Fed. Bureau of Prisons, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123592 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015) 9 Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Commer

which governmental decisions and policies are formulated." Dep't of Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protective Ass'n, 532 U.S. I, 8 (2001) (quoting Sears, 421 U.S. at 150). But the records withheld are largely not akin to advisory opinions or policy recommendations and do not relate to any policymakin

nny Crim. Investigation Command, 742 F. Supp. 2d 68 (D.D.C. 2010) 9 Hopkins v. U.S. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev., 929 F.2d 81 (2d Cir. 1991) 19 Human Rights Watch v. Dep't ofJustice & Fed. Bureau of Prisons, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123592 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015) 9 Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Commer