Legal Opinion
Bayala v. United States Department of Homeland Security, Office of the General Counsel
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 28, 2016No. 14-5279PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLETT, Circuit Judge:
Florent Bayala filed a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) lawsuit when the Department of Homeland Security failed to disclose many of the immigration documents he had requested and gave no particularized explanation for its withholding decision. Shortly after Bayala filed suit, however, the Department reversed course and spontaneously released a number of previously withheld documents, while offering a heavily revamped explanation for its remaining withholdings. After it made that voluntary release, the Department turned around and argued that Bayala’s case should be…
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