Amadis v. Dep't of Justice

TREVOR N. McFADDEN, U.S.D.J.

Plaintiff Juan Luciano Machado Amadis sues the U.S. Department of Justice *90("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 his visa applications based on events that occurred nearly four decades ago.

Mr. Amadis alleges that State and DOJ's components-the Drug Enforcement Agency…