Legal Opinion
Evans v. U.S. Department of the Interior
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided September 28, 2015No. Cause No. 2:12-cv-466-RLM-APRPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
ROBERT L. MILLER, JR., District Judge.
Cheryl Evans brings this suit against the National Park Service and the U.S. Department of the Interior, alleging that these agencies (collectively, “the government”) violated the Freedom of Information Act by refusing to release or releasing in redacted form documents in response to six of her FOIA requests. The court’s jurisdiction over a FOIA suit arises under 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(B), which requires the court to “determine the matter de novo” and puts “the burden ... on the agency to sustain its action.” If the agency has- unlawfully…
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