Legal Opinion

Abdelfattah v. United States Department of Homeland Security

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided May 15, 2015No. 12-5322PublishedCited by 120 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.

BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Osama Abdelfattah filed a complaint identifying twenty-one causes of action against the United States Department of Homeland Security, several of its divisions, unnamed federal officials, and unnamed private individuals. Abdelfattah’s claims stem from the Government’s collection, maintenance, and use of information about him. The district court granted the feder al defendants’ motion to dismiss each of Abdelfattah’s claims — some for lack of jurisdiction and some for failure to state a claim on which relief may be…

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