Legal Opinion

Leopold v. Dep't of Justice & Dep't of Homeland Sec.

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 19, 2018No. Civil Action No. 16–1827 (BAH)PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBeryl A. Howell, Chief Judge

The plaintiffs, Jason Leopold, an investigative reporter, and Ryan Noah Shapiro, "an historian of national security, the policing of dissent, and governmental transparency," First Am. Compl. ("FAC") ¶¶ 1-2, ECF No. 4, challenge the responses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation *17("FBI"), a component of the Department of Justice ("DOJ"), and the Secret Service, a component of the Department of Homeland Security, to their four records requests submitted pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552.1 The FOIA requests at issue seek information about "how" the FBI and…

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