MacHado Amadis v. Department of Justice

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUAN LUCIANO MACHADO AMADIS, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:16-cv-2230 (TNM) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al. Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Juan Luciano Machado Amadis sues the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the U.S. Department of State (“State”) under the Freedom of Information Act,

5 U.S.C. § 552

(“FOIA”). He also seeks relief under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, and the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651. At issue are Government’s responses to Mr. Amadis’s requests for documents about State’s decision to deny…