Legal Opinion

Holmes-Hamilton v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided August 23, 2024No. Civil Action No. 2021-2927Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAJUAN HOLMES-HAMILTON, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 21-cv-2927 (TNM) v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION In 2019, several Americans died mysteriously on vacations in the Dominican Republic. Wanting answers, the decedents’ kin filed FOIA requests for investigatory materials that Dominican law enforcement either shared with or requested from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. When the relatives did not get the answers they wanted, they sued. The FBI then produced several responsive records but withheld…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Department of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
  3. United States Department of Justice v. LandanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Blackwell v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
  5. Pratt v. WebsterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982

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