Legal Opinion
Bright v. Ashcroft
District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Decided February 11, 2003No. CIV.A. 02-1225PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
FELDMAN, District Judge.
Before the Court are plaintiff Dan L. Bright’s Motion to Strike portions of Scott A. Hodes’s affidavit, and defendant Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Motion for Summary Judgment. For the following reasons, the motion to strike is GRANTED, and the motion for summary judgment is DENIED.
I. BACKGROUND
Dan Bright was convicted of murder in Orleans Parish in July 1996. Prior to his post-conviction hearing, Bright filed Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act requests with the FBI’s New Orleans field office. 1 Although the FBI acknowledged that it…
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