Legal Opinion
Francis v. United States Department of Justice Office of Information Policy
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 21, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2015-1683PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
In January 2014, Plaintiff Henry Francis submitted a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request to the- Executive Office for United States Attorneys (“EOUSA”), seeking specific information pertaining to his federal prosecution and sentence. EOUSA’s failure to locate responsive records forms the basis of this lawsuit. The Department of Justice (“DOJ”), of which EOUSA is a component, has moved for summary judgment on the basis that it fulfilled its FOIA obligations by conducting a reasonably adequate search for responsive…
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