Legal Opinion

Spurling v. United States Department of Justice

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided December 3, 2019No. Civil Action No. 2017-0780Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________________________ ) LEO CORNELIUS SPURLING, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 17-0780 (RBW) ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ) ) Defendant. ) _________________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION The plaintiff, a prisoner at the Kentucky State Penitentiary, brings this action under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), see

5 U.S.C. § 552

(2016), to obtain records maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), a component of the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”). This matter is…

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