Civil Rights Cold Files Released Over Justice Department Objections
Published Date: 11/28/2025
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Summary
The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board decided to release 63 full pages and 43 partial pages of records about a civil rights cold case, despite the Department of Justice wanting to delay. This means more information will be available to the public soon, with no extra costs or delays expected. The decision was made official on October 10, 2025, and announced within the required two weeks.
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63 Full and 43 Partial Pages Released
The Review Board decided on October 10, 2025 to publicly disclose records for civil rights cold case incident 2024-003-041, releasing 63 pages in full and 43 pages in part into the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection. This means those pages will be available to the public as part of the Collection.
Department of Justice Postponements Rejected
The Review Board rejected the Department of Justice postponement requests for incident 2024-003-041, including six postponement identifiers (2024-DOJ-03-0643a; 2024-DOJ-03-0649a; 2024-DOJ-03-0649b; 2024-DOJ-03-0650a; 2024-DOJ-03-0650b; 2024-DOJ-03-0715a), with the formal decision dated October 10, 2025. The Board published its determination as required by the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 no more than 14 days after its decision.
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2026-19783, Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release
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