Legal Opinion
Shapiro v. Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 20, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2013-0729PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION. PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, United States District Judge-
This is a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) case brought by plaintiff Ryan Noah Shapiro against the United States Department of Justice. Shapiro has requested information from the FBI about Aaron Swártz, a deceased computer programmer, activist, and doctoral candidate at MIT. It is alleged that Swartz committed suicide after becoming the subject of an intensive federal investigation. After holding the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment partially in abeyance twice, this matter is now before the Court for a third…
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