Legal Opinion
Nolen v. Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 19, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2014-1590PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORADUM OPINION
Amit P. Mehta, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Austin Nolen brings this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) challenging the adequacy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (“FBI”) search in response to his extraordinarily detailed, ten-page FOIA request. In sum, Plaintiff requested “any and all records ... relating or referring” to Martin Droll, a deceased socialist writer and organizer. In response to Plaintiffs request, the FBI searched both the index of its Central Records System (“CRS”) using its Universal Index (“UNI”) application,…
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