Legal Opinion
Mobley v. Department of Homeland Security
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 10, 2012No. Civil Action No. 11-2074 (BAH)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BERYL A. HOWELL, District Judge.
This action, brought pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 *44U.S.C. § 552 et seq., and the Privacy Act (“PA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552a et seq., comes before the Court on. the plaintiffs petition for attorney’s fees. The primary question presented is whether a FOIA plaintiff has “substantially prevailed” when the plaintiff sought, but never received, any records responsive to its request, but the plaintiffs lawsuit nevertheless succeeded in causing the defendant to process a request that the agency had previously refused to process.
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