Cleaver v. Kelley

OPINION

JUNE L. GREEN, District Judge.

This action is brought pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. § 552, et seq., and 28 U.S.C. § 1361. Plaintiffs are seeking to compel the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), or their directors, to disclose the contents of certain files in defendants’ possession relating to the plaintiffs prior to Mr. Cleaver’s trial on June 14, 1976, in California on state criminal charges.

Pending before the Court are plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction and defendants’ opposition…