Legal Opinion
Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 7, 2016No. Civil No. 13-cv-01291 (APM)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Amit P. Mehta, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Section 552(a)(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) is known as FOIA’s “reading room” requirement. Unlike its better-known counterpart, Section 552(a)(3), which provides that an agency’s disclosure obligation is triggered only upon a request for specific records, Section 552(a)(2) obligates agencies to make certain types of materials available “for public inspection and copying,” without the predicate requirement of a request. As pertinent here, subsections 552(a)(2)(A) and (a)(2)(B) require agencies to make…
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