Legal Opinion
Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law v. United States Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 1, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2018-1860Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THE BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 18-1860 (RDM) v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs brought this Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, action seeking records to illuminate “how the government is prosecuting cases involving domestic terrorism.” Dkt. 1-1 at 6. As Plaintiffs explained, the “available data” indicated that the Department of Justice (“Department”) had brought “4,496 terrorism-related…
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