[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 17628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06666]


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CIVIL RIGHTS COLD CASE RECORDS REVIEW BOARD

[Agency Docket Number: CRCCRRB-2026-0009-N]


Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release

AGENCY: Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board received 2,883 
pages of records from the National Archives and Records Administration 
(NARA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) related to three 
civil rights cold case incidents to which the Review Board assigned the 
unique identifiers 2024-003-020, 2024-003-037, and 2024-003-039. The 
Review Board previously issued its determinations on these records 
except for 18 proposed postponements of sealed federal grand jury 
information which required additional review and coordination with the 
agencies. On March 27, 2026, the Review Board met and decided to 
approve these postponements. It declined to request that the Attorney 
General petition the relevant court to unseal this information at this 
time though it may choose to do so in the future. The Review Board also 
received 1,197 pages of records from NARA related to another three 
civil rights cold case incidents to which the Review Board assigned the 
unique identifiers 2024-003-017, 2024-003-047, and 2024-004-001. NARA 
proposed 44 postponements including postponements of sealed federal 
grand jury information in the records. On March 27, 2026, the Review 
Board met and determined that 1,187 pages in full and 10 pages in part 
should be publicly disclosed in the Civil Rights Cold Case Records 
Collection. The Review Board will not request that the Attorney General 
petition the relevant court to unseal the federal grand jury 
information in these records at this time though it may choose to do so 
in the future. By issuing this notice, the Review Board complies with 
the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 that requires 
the Review Board to publish in the Federal Register its determinations 
on the disclosure or postponement of records in the Collection no more 
than 14 days after the date of its decision.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephannie Oriabure, Chief of Staff, 
Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, 1800 F Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20405, (771) 221-0014, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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                                     Postponement         Review board
      Incident identifier             identifier            decision
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2024-003-020..................  2024-NARA-03-0103       Approve.
                                 through 2024-NARA-03-
                                 0106.
2024-003-020..................  2024-NARA-03-0127       Approve.
                                 through 2024-NARA-03-
                                 0133.
2024-003-037..................  2025-NARA-03-0083       Approve.
                                 through 2025-NARA-03-
                                 0087.
2024-003-039..................  2024-NARA-03-0089 and   Approve.
                                 2024-NARA-03-0090.
2024-003-017..................  2024-NARA-03-0081       Approve.
                                 through 2024-NARA-03-
                                 0085.
2024-003-047..................  2024-NARA-03-0094       Reject.
                                 through 2024-NARA-03-
                                 0096.
2024-003-047..................  2024-NARA-03-0097 and   Approve.
                                 2024-NARA-03-0098.
2024-003-047..................  2024-NARA-03-0099       Reject.
                                 through 2024-NARA-03-
                                 0101.
2024-003-047..................  2024-NARA-03-0102.....  Approve.
2024-004-001..................  2025-NARA-04-0001       Reject.
                                 through 2025-NARA-04-
                                 0017.
2024-004-001..................  2025-NARA-04-0018.....  Approve with
                                                         changes.
2024-004-001..................  2025-NARA-04-0019       Reject.
                                 through 2025-NARA-04-
                                 0021.
2024-004-001..................  2025-NARA-04-0022       Approve.
                                 through 2025-NARA-04-
                                 0026.
2024-004-001..................  2025-NARA-04-0027       Reject.
                                 through 2025-NARA-04-
                                 0030.
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(Authority: Pub. L. 115-426, 132 Stat. 5489 (44 U.S.C. 2107).)

    Dated: April 2, 2026.
Stephannie Oriabure,
Chief of Staff.
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