National Student Legal Defense Network v. United States Department of Education

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL STUDENT LEGAL DEFENSE NETWORK, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 1:19-cv-03473 (CJN) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION The sole issue in this Freedom of Information Act case is whether the government’s search for responsive records was adequate. The Court concludes that it was, and therefore grants Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 12, and denies Plaintiff’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 14. Background The Higher Education Act of 1965 (as amended),

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