Legal Opinion
Gizmodo Media Group, Llc v. F.B.I.
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided March 5, 2019No. 17 Civ. 5814 (ER)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Edgardo Ramos, U.S.D.J.
Gizmodo Media Group, LLC brings this action pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552, against the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In May 2017, Gizmodo submitted a FOIA request to the FBI seeking records relating to Roger Eugene Ailes, the founder and former CEO of Fox News. The FBI conducted a search of its systems for records and released 113 pages to Gizmodo. Gizmodo now challenges the scope of the search conducted. The parties cross-move for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For the following…
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