Legal Opinion

Kowal v. United States Department of Justice

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided September 24, 2020No. Civil Action No. 2018-2798Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BARBARA KOWAL, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 18-2798 (TJK) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Barbara Kowal, a paralegal at the Federal Defender for the Middle District of Florida, filed this FOIA suit against the DOJ and three of its components, the ATF, FBI, and DEA. Kowal requested all records from the ATF and FBI pertaining to Daniel Troya, a capital defendant represented by the Federal Defender in his post-conviction hearings. The ATF and FBI produced documents from their records…

2Cases cited52 opinions

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