Legal Opinion

Sikes v. U.S. Dep't of the Navy

District Court, S.D. Georgia

Decided January 2, 2019No. CV 316-074Published

1Opinion of the Court

Dudley H. Bowen, UNITED STATED DISTRICT JUDGE

On July 19, 2018, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals remanded this case to this Court to adjudicate the claim that the Defendant United States Department of the Navy ("the Navy") wrongfully withheld documents responsive to an FOIA1 request *1359submitted by Plaintiff Thomas W. Sikes. The Navy now represents that it has complied with the subject FOIA request and therefore seeks summary judgment on Plaintiff's claim. For the reasons stated below, the Navy's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED .

I. BACKGROUND

On August 26, 2011, Plaintiff submitted a…

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  4. Jessie Walker v. Thomas E. Darby, Hugh L. Robinson, Jr., and Kenneth DayCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
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